Cell Adaptations

Question 1

What organelle in a cell breaks down debris, bacteria?

Answer 1

Lysosome

Question 2

Composition shrinkage and decrease in a CELL SIZE is called?

Answer 2

Atrophy

Question 3

Decreased use, blood supply, nutrition, change in hormones cause?

Answer 3

Atrophy

Question 4

What happens as a result of atrophy?

Answer 4

Cells from accumulations of lipofuscin

Question 5

Excessive lysosomes (eat up all the bad things) begins to make what that accumulates in cell?

Answer 5

Lipofusicin

Question 6

Liver spots on body are caused by?

Answer 6

Lipofuscins as they can never be destroyed

Question 7

What does hypertrophy mean for cell size?

Answer 7

An increase in cell size -not as a result of fluids

Question 8

What causes hypertrophy?

Answer 8

Increased protein within the cell OR decreased protein brbeakdown

Question 9

Patholigc in what 2 parts of the body?

Answer 9

Heart (one valve becomes oversized trying to make up for another valve) and Kidneys (one kidney becomes larger than other)

Question 10

What is hyperplasia?

Answer 10

An increase in cells (increase in division or building of new cells)

Question 11

What is one area in the body where hyperplasia causes damage to the body?

Answer 11

The prostate

Question 12

What is metaplasia?

Answer 12

Replacement of one cell type with another (reversible) like the cilia in lung tissue

Question 13

Metaplasia causes chronic _______ or ______ but is _______

Answer 13

Metaplasia causes chronic inury or irritation, but is reversable

Question 14

Dysplasia causes persistent severe ______ or ______ and is not _______

Answer 14

Dysplasia causes persistent severe injury or irritation and is not reversible (somebody who keeps smoking)

Question 15

What is dysplasia?

Answer 15

Think dys is bad: Abnormal cell size, shape or organization

Question 16

Dysplasia is also known as?

Answer 16

Neoplasia

Question 17

Neoplasia is associated with what?

Answer 17

Malignant tumor or cancer