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Which cellular change is characterized by a decrease in tissue mass due to decrease in size or number of cells? _____

Do permanent tissues (e.g. cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, nerve) undergo hypertrophy and/or hyperplasia?_____

What pathology is associated with decreased telomerase activity?_____

Which cellular adaptation is usually preceded by persistent metaplasia or pathologic hyperplasia?_____

_____ involves gene activation, protein synthesis, and production of organelles

Atrophy via decrease in cell size may occur via _____ of cellular components

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

Niemann Pick disease may present with progressive _____

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

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

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Flashcard 1: Which cellular change is characterized by a decrease in tissue mass due to decrease in size or number of cells? _____

Answer: Atrophy

Flashcard 2: Do permanent tissues (e.g. cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, nerve) undergo hypertrophy and/or hyperplasia?_____

Answer: Hypertrophy, only

Flashcard 3: What pathology is associated with decreased telomerase activity?_____

Answer: progeria (premature aging)

Flashcard 4: Which cellular adaptation is usually preceded by persistent metaplasia or pathologic hyperplasia?_____

Answer: Dysplasia

Flashcard 5: _____ involves gene activation, protein synthesis, and production of organelles

Answer: Hypertrophy ((hypertrophy or hyperplasia))

Flashcard 6: Atrophy via decrease in cell size may occur via _____ of cellular components

Answer: autophagy

Flashcard 7: Fat necrosis of breast tissue presents as a painless _____ on physical exam

Answer: mass

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Flashcard 8: Niemann Pick disease may present with progressive _____

Answer: neurodegeneration

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Flashcard 9: Which layer of the cerebellum is most affected by global cerebral ischemia? _____

Answer: Purkinje layer

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Flashcard 10: Ionizing radiation results in the formation of double-stranded breaks in DNA and _____ which damage DNA

Answer: hydroxyl free radicals

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