Lec 8 - Cell Injury

Question 1

(hypertrophy)
(hyperplasia),
(atrophy)
(metaplasia)
dysplasia

Answer 1

increase in the size (hypertrophy) and functional activity of cells, an increase in cell number (hyperplasia), a decrease in the size and metabolic activity of cells (atrophy), or a change in the appearance of cells (metaplasia).

Question 2

Give an example of free radical injury

Question 3

Discuss the different types of cellular injury

Question 4

types of cellular adaptation and example

Answer 4

physiologic - uterus in pregnancy
pathologic - abnormal - cell injury may result

Question 5

Generally a silent condition in which
the heart muscle becomes
thickened.
*
In most people, this causes few, if
any symptoms.
*
In athletes, this can be deadly.

Answer 5

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)

example of hypertrophy

Question 6

there is a benign
enlargement of the prostate
gland due to an increase in
glandular and stromal cells
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A common clinical
presentation is an older man
who has to get up multiple
times overnight to void, and
often has difficulty doing so
because the enlarged
prostate compresses the
urethra.

Answer 6

benign prostatic hyperplasia