Type Of Workload Flashcards
1
Q
4 mechanisms
A
Atrophy
Hyper trophy
Hypoplasia
Hyperplasia
2
Q
What’s neoplasic?
A
Cancerous
3
Q
What’s atrophy?
A
Decrease in cell size
4
Q
What’s hypertrophy?
A
Increase in cell size
5
Q
What’s hypoplasia?
A
Decrease in the number of cells
6
Q
What’s hyperplasia?
A
Increase in the number of cells
7
Q
What’s metaplasia?
A
Abnormal change in the surrounding tissue
8
Q
What’s dysplasia?
A
enlargement of a tissue or organ
9
Q
Important Hyperplasia points (2 points)
A
- only occurs in tissues that retain actively dividing stem cells (not skeletal or neurones)
- driven by increased metabolic and endocrine stimuli
10
Q
Pathological?
A
When range is outside the normal
11
Q
Pathological thyroid hyperplasia is driven by…
A
TSH or LATS
12
Q
Why is it regarded with concern? (Pathological thyroid hyperplasia)
A
Because the tissue can transform to neoplastic tissue
13
Q
3 types of workload
A
Physical
Secretory
Metabolic
