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REVIEW: Oral Pathology > Vocabulary: Parts 1 - 6 > Flashcards

Vocabulary: Parts 1 - 6 Flashcards

1
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A collection of purulent exudate that has accumulated in a cavity formed by the tissue.

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Abscess

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2
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Relating to or exhibiting chemical changes produced by radiant energy, especially the visible and ultraviolet parts of the spectrum; relating to exposure to the ultraviolet rays of sunlight.

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Actinic

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3
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A course of disease that ¡s either of short duration or one that is both short and relatively severe.

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Acute

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4
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The formation and differentiation of blood vessels.

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Angiogenesis

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5
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The decrease in size and function of a cell, tissue, organ, or whole body.

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Atrophy

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6
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Describes a lesion that is at the center of an involved area; in the context of oral lesions, it indicates that the lesion is within bone.

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Central

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7
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The movement of white blood cells, as directed by biochemical mediators to an area of injury.

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Chemotaxis

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8
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Course of disease persisting for a long time.

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Chronic

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9
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A nonspecific protein, ‘produced in the liver, that becomes elevated during episodes of acute inflammation or infection.

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C-reactive protein

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10
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An abnormal sac or cavity lined by epithelium and surrounded by fibrous connective tissue.

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Cyst

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11
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The dissolution or destruction of a cell.

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Cytolysis

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12
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Excess plasma or exudate in the interstitial space that results in tissue swelling.

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Edema

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13
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The passage of white blood cells through the walls of small blood vessels and into injured tissue.

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Emigration

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14
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The process of being covered with epithelium.

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Epithelialization

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15
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Redness of the skin or mucosa.

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Erythema

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Fluid with a high protein content that leaves the microcirculation during an inflammatory response. An exudate consists of serum that contains white blood cells, fibrin, and other protein molecules.

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Exudate

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17
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An elevation of body temperature to greater than the normal level of 370 C (98.6° F).

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Fever

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18
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The formation of fibrous tissue, as normally occurs in healing.

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Fibroplasia

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19
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An abnormal passage that leads from an abscess to the body surface.

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Fistula

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20
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The initial connective tissue formed in healing.

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Granulation tissue

21
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A collection of macrophages usually surrounded by a rim of lymphocytes.

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Granuloma

22
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An excess of blood within blood vessels in a part of the body.

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Hyperemia

23
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An enlargement of a tissue or organ resulting from an increase in the number of normal cells; the result of increased cell division.

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Hyperplasia

24
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An enlargement of a tissue or organ resulting from an increase in the size of its individual cells, but not in the number of cells.

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Hypertrophy

25
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A nonspecific response to injury that involves the microcirculation and its blood cells.

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Inflammation

26
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A temporary increase in the number of white blood cells circulating in blood.

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Leukocytosis

27
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A disease process that is confined to a limited location in the body; not general or systemic.

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Local

28
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Abnormal enlargement of lymph nodes.

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Lymphadenopathy

29
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The second type of white blood cell to arrive at site of injury; it participates phagocytosis during inflammation and continues to be active in the immune response.

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Macrophage

30
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A process during inflammation in which white blood cells tend to move to the periphery of the blood vessel at the site of injury.

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Margination

31
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Small blood vessels, including arterioles, capillaries, and venules.

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Microcirculation

32
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A fibroblast that has some of the characteristics of smooth muscle cells, such as the ability to contract.

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Myofibroblast

33
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The pathologic death of one or more cells, or a portion of tissue, or an organ that results from irreversible damage to cells.

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Necrosis

34
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The first white blood cell to arrive at a site of injury; the primary cell involved in acute inflammation; also called a polymorphonuclear Ieukocyte.

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Neutrophil

35
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The process of becoming opaque.

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Opacification

36
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The enhancement of phagocytosis by a process in which a pathogen is marked, with opsonins, for destruction by phagocytes.

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Opsonization

37
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The adherence of white blood cells to blood vessel walls during inflammation.

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Pavementing

38
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Located away from the center; in the context of oral lesions, peripheral indicates that the lesion is within the gingival tissue or alveolar mucosa.

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Peripheral

39
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The ingestion and digestion of particulate material by cells.

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Phagocytosis

40
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A secretion containing or forming pus.

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Purulent

41
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Pertaining to the root of a tooth.

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Radicular

42
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The process by which injured tissue is replaced with tissue identical to that present before the injury.

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Regeneration

43
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The restoration of damaged or diseased tissues by cellular change and growth.

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Repair

44
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A secretion having a watery consistency; relating to serum.

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Serous

45
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Pertaining to or affecting the body as a whole; a disease process pertaining to or affecting the body as a whole.

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Systemic

46
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The fluid component of blood that normally passes through the endothelial cell walls of the microcirculation.

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Transudate

47
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A disease process that results from injury that causes tissue damage.

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Traumatic injury

48
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The ring of lymphatic tissue formed by the two palatine tonsils, the pharyngeal tonsil, the lingual tonsil, and intervening lymphoid tissue.

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Waldeyer’s ring

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