Inflammation Flashcards
(23 cards)
inflammare or to set afire
Inflammation
5 cardinal signs of inflammation
- rubor
- calor
- tumor
- dolor
- functio laesa
redness, blood flow injury
rubor
heat, blood
calor
swelling, capillary permeability fluid extravasation
tumor
pain, pressure sensory nerves
dolor
loss of function, destruction of functional units
functio laesa
- vascular & exudative
- PMNs –tissue –> macrophages
Acute inflammation
- intergrade between acute & chronic
subchronic inflammation
- vascular & fibrolastic
- monocytes –tissue–> macrophages
chronic inflammation
- serum/ secretions from serosal mesothelial cells (3P’s)
- pulmonary TB
Serous inflammation
- fibrinogen
- diphtheria, rheumatoid pericarditis
- early stage of pneumonia
Fibrinous inflammation
hypersecretion of mucosA
catarrhal inflammation
- blood & exudates
- bacterial infections & other infections
hemorrhagic inflammation
creamy fluid component of PMNs & necrotic tissue debris
Pus
tissue pus
abcess
skin pus
pustule
pus, abcess & pustule
suppurative/purulent inflammation
incomplete/defective development of a tissue/organ
aplasia
failure to form an opening
atrasia
failure of an organ to reach its matured size
hypoplasia
complete non-appearance of an organ
agenesia
- natural
- thymus, brain, sex organs
physiologic atrophy