WEEK 1 Flashcards
Decrease in size of a cell or organ
Atrophy
Atrophy
Decrease in size of a cell or organ
Enlargement of cells
Hypertrophy
increase in cell number
Hyperplasia
abnormal apperance of cells
dysplasia
change in type of cell
metaplasia
cancerous growth (abnormal proliferation of cells in a tissue , generally forming tumor)
Neoplasia
For each of the statement below, indicate which term from question best fits:
a weight-lifter’s skeletal muscle fibers enlarge in response to exercise _________
Hyperthrophy
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Cigarette smoking can lead to a change in the epithelium of the upper airway, from pseudostratified columnar to stratified squamous______
Metaplasia
For each of the statement below, indicate which term from question best fits:
a pituitary tumor (_________) can lead to excess levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone, which causes increases in the number of cells in the adrenal cortex Hyperplasia
Neoplasia
For each of the statement below, indicate which term from question best fits:
For each of the statement below, indicate which term from question best fits:
a pituitary tumor Neoplasia can lead to excess levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone, which causes increases in the number of cells in the adrenal cortex ________
Hyperplasia
For each of the statement below, indicate which term from question best fits:
Repeated gastric reflux can lead to the stratified squamous epithelium of the esophagus to be replaced with simple columnar epithelium _______
metaplasia
For each of the statement below, indicate which term from question best fits:
An abnormal pap smear indicated cells from the cervix have abnormal shape
dysplasia
For each of the statement below, indicate which term from question best fits:
In males given estrogen , the number of cells in the breast increases, leading to breast enlargement
hyperplasia
Indicate to what organ it belongs:
Spinal cord
Central nervous
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Brain
Central nervous
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Muscle (eg quadriceps femoris)
muscular system
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Sensory organs ( eye, ear, etc)
Nervous system
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thyroid gland (butterfly neck)
endocrine system
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Larynx (above trachea)
Respiratory
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Trachea
Respiratory system
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testis
reproductive system
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ovary
reproductive system
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lymph vessel
immune system
