Test 2 - Inflammation/Healing/Repair Flashcards
Define Repair.
What are the different types?
Repair is the process by which lost or necrotic cells are replaced by vital cells.
Types:
- Parenchymal regeneration
- Fibrosis
Parenchymal Regeneration
Replacement of damaged tissue with cells of identical type, sometimes leaving no residual trace of the previous injury.
Parenchymal regeneration can only occur if:
- the tissue has the capacity to regenerate
- the connective tissue framework of the tissue is maintained, so that regenerating cells have an architectural framework upon which to build.
Repair by Fibrosis
Fibrosis is replacement by fibrous connective tissue or fibroplasia.
- This process results in an increase in collagen within tissues.
- Fibroblasts are active in synthesizing proteoglycans and collagen.
Fibrosis results in an increase in _______ within tissues.
Collagen
The cells of the body are divided into three groups on the basis of their regenerative capacity and their relationship to the cell cycle. What are these three groups?
- Labile cells
- Stable/Quiescent Cells
- Nondividing or Permanent Cells
Labile Cells
- They follow the cell cycle from one mitosis to the next.
- They continue to proliferate throughout life, continuously replacing cells that have been destroyed.
- Tissues composed of labile cells regenerate after injury, provided that enough stem cells remain.
Examples:
- Surface epithelia: stratified squamous surfaces of the skin, oral cavity, vagina and cervix
- Lining mucosa of all the excretory ducts of the glands of the body (e.g., salivary glands, pancreas, biliary tract)
• The columnar epithelium of the gastrointestinal tract, uterus, and fallopian tubes
- The transitional epithelium of the urinary tract
- Cells of the splenic, lymphoid, and hematopoietic tissue.
Stable/Quiescent Cells
- These cells usually demonstrate a low normal level of replication. However, stable cells can undergo rapid division in response to a variety of stimuli.
- • Stable cells are capable of reconstituting the tissue of origin.
- Examples of stable cells:
- Epithelial cells of the liver, kidney, lung, pancreas.
- Smooth muscle cells
- Fibroblasts
- Vascular endothelial cells
Nondividing / Permanent Cells
These cells have left the cell cycle and cannot undergo mitotic division in postnatal life.
• Examples of permanent cells:
- Neurons
- Cardiac muscle cells
Nonregenerated parenchymal cells are replaced by ________. This process is known as ______.
Connective Tissue
Fibrosis
What are the four components of fibrosis?
- Migration and proliferation of fibroblasts
- Deposition of extra cellular matrix
- Formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis)
- maturation and organization of the scar, also known as remodelling.
What are the factors favoring fibrosis over regeneration with like tissue?
- Severe and prolonged tissue injury
- Loss of tissue framework (basement membranes)
- Large amounts of exudate
- Lack of renewable cell populations (tissue with permanent cell population)
What are the consequences of fibrosis?
- Loss of functional parenchymal tissue
- Alteration of physical properties of tissue:
- Skin with scar is more prone to tearing
- Pulmonary fibrosis • Compliance • vital capacity • work for respiration
__________ is the hallmark of healing.
Granulation tissue
When does repair begin? Healing?
- The process of repair begins early in inflammation.
- As early as 24 hours after injury, fibroblasts and vascular endothelial cells (angiogenesis) begin to proliferate.
- Granulation tissue, the hallmark of healing, forms by 3 to 5 days.
Granulation Tissue
What is the characteristic hallmark feature?
• The term granulation tissue derives from its pink, soft, granular appearance on the surface of wounds.
Proliferation of new small blood vessels and fibroblasts are its characteristic histological features.