Epithelial Defects and Disease Flashcards

1
Q

What are Pathologists?

A

Physicians that study disease processes of diagnosis

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2
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What surgical method is used to test disease histology?

A

Biopsy

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3
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What happens in squamous cell carcinoma?

A

Squamous cells invade into the dermis

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4
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What is necrosis?

A

Tissue degeneration

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5
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What are most common cancers in women?

A

Breast
Lung
Colorectal

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6
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What are the most common cancers in male?

A

Prostate
Lung
Colorectal

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7
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What is Dysplasia?

A

Increase number of cell mitoses in epithelial tissue

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8
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Whar can Dysplasia lead to?

A

Neoplasms

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9
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What is Metaplasia?

A

Tissue adapts to enviromental stimula by cell diffrentiation

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10
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Where does Metaplasia most commonly occur?

A

Epithelial Tissue

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11
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What is Neoplasia?

A

Cells permenantly transforming and proliferating to form neoplasms

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12
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What is a Neoplastic Lump?

A

Tumour

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13
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What are 2 Main types of Neoplasms?

A

Benign

Malignant

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14
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What are Malignant Neoplasms?

A

Cells grow abnormally and invade in surround tissue causing damage and destruction

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15
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What is the term used to describe cells detaching to form a secondary tumour?

A

Metastis

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16
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What is the term for when Tumours grow their own blood vessels?

A

Angiogenesis

17
Q

What are the 3 differentiations of Malignant tumours?

A

Well different
Poorly different
Anaplastic

18
Q

What is well differentiated malignant neoplasm?

A

Closely resemble tissue of origin

19
Q

What is Poorly differentiated malignant neoplasm?

A

Passing resemble of tissue of origin

20
Q

What is Anaplastic malignant neoplasm?

A

No resemblance to tissue of origin

21
Q

What are Benign neoplasms on surface of epithelium called?

A

Adenomas

22
Q

What are Malignant tumours on epithelium called?

A

Carcinomas

23
Q

What can Dysplasia cause to Smokers?

A

Cough - dry and chemical effects of smoke paralyse cilia

24
Q

What can Metaplasia do to smokers?

A

Eliminates moisturising and cleaning properties

25
Q

What can Anaplasia cause to smokers?

A

Lung cancer

26
Q

What is Atherosclerosis?

A

Thickening and inelasticity of artery walls

27
Q

What is Dermatopathology?

A

Wide range of disease patterns on the skin

28
Q

What is Non-specific dermatitis? how is it caused?

A

Eczema and vesicles form in epidermis erupt with yellow fluid, due to fluid accumulation between epidermal cells

29
Q

What is Chronic dermatitis?

A

Repeated trauma on skin causing thick opaque scale of surface keratin

30
Q

What skin layers does Chronic dermatitis effect?

A

Stratum spinosum and granulosum