Regeneration and Repair Flashcards
1
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What is resolution?
A
Get completely better - initiating factor removed, tissue undamaged or able to regenerate
2
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What is repair
A
Initiating factor still present, tissue damaged and not able to regenerate
3
Q
Can pneumocytes in alveoli regenerate?
A
Yes
4
Q
What cells produce collagen when repairing damaged tissue
A
Fibroblasts
5
Q
Fibrosis in the brain is called
A
Gliosis (more delicate, completed with different fibres)
6
Q
Does spinal cord post-trauma regenerate?
A
No
7
Q
What cells can regenerate?
A
Hepatocytes, pneumocytes, all blood cells, gut epithelium, skin epithelium osteocytes
8
Q
What cells don’t regenerate
A
Myocardial cells, neurones
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