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What is the hallmark of irreversible cellular injury? _____

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

Atrophy via decrease in cell number occurs via _____

_____ is a misfolded protein that deposits in the extracellular space, resulting in cellular damage and apoptosis

What type of cells are the following examples? _____

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? _____

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

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

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Flashcard 1: What is the hallmark of irreversible cellular injury? _____

Answer: Membrane damage

Flashcard 2: Atrophy via decrease in cell size may occur via _____ of cellular components

Answer: autophagy

Flashcard 3: Atrophy via decrease in cell number occurs via _____

Answer: apoptosis

Flashcard 4: _____ is a misfolded protein that deposits in the extracellular space, resulting in cellular damage and apoptosis

Answer: Amyloid

Flashcard 5: What type of cells are the following examples? _____

Answer: Permanent (Labile, Stable, or Permanent?)

Flashcard 6: Fat necrosis of breast tissue presents as a painless _____ on physical exam

Answer: mass

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Flashcard 7: Niemann Pick disease may present with progressive _____

Answer: neurodegeneration

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Flashcard 8: Which layer of the cerebellum is most affected by global cerebral ischemia? _____

Answer: Purkinje layer

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Flashcard 9: 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 10: Photoaging results in gradual _____ of the epidermis, allowing the stratum corneum to become dessicated

Answer: thinning

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