Cell injury — Flashcards

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Cell injury Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards

Flashcard 1: Fat necrosis of breast tissue presents as a painless _____ on physical exam

Answer: mass

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Flashcard 2: Niemann Pick disease may present with progressive _____

Answer: neurodegeneration

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Flashcard 3: Which layer of the cerebellum is most affected by global cerebral ischemia? _____

Answer: Purkinje layer

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Flashcard 4: Ionizing radiation results in the formation of double-stranded breaks in DNA and _____ which damage DNA

Answer: hydroxyl free radicals

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Flashcard 5: Photoaging results in gradual _____ of the epidermis, allowing the stratum corneum to become dessicated

Answer: thinning

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Flashcard 6: Defects in the ubiquitin-proteasome system have been implicated in some cases of _____ disease

Answer: Parkinson

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Flashcard 7: _____ necrosis is characteristic of chronic ischemia of the lower limb and GI tract

Answer: Gangrenous

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Flashcard 8: Are patients with metastatic calcifications usually normocalcemic? _____

Answer: No

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Flashcard 9: Deposits of lipofuscin are commonly found in the _____, heart, colon, kidney, and eye of elderly individuals; and are caused by lipid peroxidation

Answer: liver

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Flashcard 10: 1. Disaggregation of polysomes (dissociation of rRNA from mRNA) 2. Myofibril relaxation 3. Disaggregation of nuclear granules & clumping of nuclear chromatin 4. Triglyceride droplet accumulation 5. Glycogen loss The above changes are signs of _____ myocyte injury

Answer: reversible

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Reversible cell injury mechanisms

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Irreversible cell injury (necrosis)

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Types of necrosis (coagulative, liquefactive, etc.)

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Apoptosis pathways

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Autophagy mechanisms

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Cellular adaptations (atrophy, hypertrophy)

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Hyperplasia and metaplasia

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Dysplasia

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Intracellular accumulations

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Pathologic calcification

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Cellular aging mechanisms

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Ischemia-reperfusion injury

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Free radical injury

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