Tissue Changes and Aging Flashcards
1
Q
Why do tissues change?
A
use, disuse, and aging
2
Q
hypertrophy
A
increase in tissue size due to increase in size of cells
3
Q
hyperplasia
A
increase ini size of a tissue via increase in number of cells (undergoing mitosis)
4
Q
neoplasia
A
increase in size of tissue, out of control growth, rapid, tumor
5
Q
atrophy
A
decrease in size of a tissue due to age, either by number of cell size
