Vocabulary: Parts 1 - 6

Question 1

A collection of purulent exudate that has accumulated in a cavity formed by the tissue.

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Abscess

Question 2

Relating to or exhibiting chemical changes produced by radiant energy, especially the visible and ultraviolet parts of the spectrum; relating to exposure to the ultraviolet rays of sunlight.

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Actinic

Question 3

A course of disease that ¡s either of short duration or one that is both short and relatively severe.

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Acute

Question 4

The formation and differentiation of blood vessels.

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Angiogenesis

Question 5

The decrease in size and function of a cell, tissue, organ, or whole body.

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Atrophy

Question 6

Describes a lesion that is at the center of an involved area; in the context of oral lesions, it indicates that the lesion is within bone.

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Central

Question 7

The movement of white blood cells, as directed by biochemical mediators to an area of injury.

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Chemotaxis

Question 8

Course of disease persisting for a long time.

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Chronic

Question 9

A nonspecific protein, ‘produced in the liver, that becomes elevated during episodes of acute inflammation or infection.

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C-reactive protein

Question 10

An abnormal sac or cavity lined by epithelium and surrounded by fibrous connective tissue.

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Cyst

Question 11

The dissolution or destruction of a cell.

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Cytolysis

Question 12

Excess plasma or exudate in the interstitial space that results in tissue swelling.

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Edema

Question 13

The passage of white blood cells through the walls of small blood vessels and into injured tissue.

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Emigration

Question 14

The process of being covered with epithelium.

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Epithelialization

Question 15

Redness of the skin or mucosa.

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Erythema

Question 16

Fluid with a high protein content that leaves the microcirculation during an inflammatory response. An exudate consists of serum that contains white blood cells, fibrin, and other protein molecules.

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Exudate

Question 17

An elevation of body temperature to greater than the normal level of 370 C (98.6° F).

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Fever

Question 18

The formation of fibrous tissue, as normally occurs in healing.

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Fibroplasia

Question 19

An abnormal passage that leads from an abscess to the body surface.

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Fistula

Question 20

The initial connective tissue formed in healing.

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Granulation tissue

Question 21

A collection of macrophages usually surrounded by a rim of lymphocytes.

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Granuloma

Question 22

An excess of blood within blood vessels in a part of the body.

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Hyperemia

Question 23

An enlargement of a tissue or organ resulting from an increase in the number of normal cells; the result of increased cell division.

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Hyperplasia

Question 24

An enlargement of a tissue or organ resulting from an increase in the size of its individual cells, but not in the number of cells.

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Hypertrophy

Question 25

A nonspecific response to injury that involves the microcirculation and its blood cells.

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Inflammation

Question 26

A temporary increase in the number of white blood cells circulating in blood.

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Leukocytosis

Question 27

A disease process that is confined to a limited location in the body; not general or systemic.

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Local

Question 28

Abnormal enlargement of lymph nodes.

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Lymphadenopathy

Question 29

The second type of white blood cell to arrive at site of injury; it participates phagocytosis during inflammation and continues to be active in the immune response.

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Macrophage

Question 30

A process during inflammation in which white blood cells tend to move to the periphery of the blood vessel at the site of injury.

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Margination

Question 31

Small blood vessels, including arterioles, capillaries, and venules.

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Microcirculation

Question 32

A fibroblast that has some of the characteristics of smooth muscle cells, such as the ability to contract.

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Myofibroblast

Question 33

The pathologic death of one or more cells, or a portion of tissue, or an organ that results from irreversible damage to cells.

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Necrosis

Question 34

The first white blood cell to arrive at a site of injury; the primary cell involved in acute inflammation; also called a polymorphonuclear Ieukocyte.

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Neutrophil

Question 35

The process of becoming opaque.

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Opacification

Question 36

The enhancement of phagocytosis by a process in which a pathogen is marked, with opsonins, for destruction by phagocytes.

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Opsonization

Question 37

The adherence of white blood cells to blood vessel walls during inflammation.

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Pavementing

Question 38

Located away from the center; in the context of oral lesions, peripheral indicates that the lesion is within the gingival tissue or alveolar mucosa.

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Peripheral

Question 39

The ingestion and digestion of particulate material by cells.

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Phagocytosis

Question 40

A secretion containing or forming pus.

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Purulent

Question 41

Pertaining to the root of a tooth.

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Radicular

Question 42

The process by which injured tissue is replaced with tissue identical to that present before the injury.

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Regeneration

Question 43

The restoration of damaged or diseased tissues by cellular change and growth.

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Repair

Question 44

A secretion having a watery consistency; relating to serum.

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Serous

Question 45

Pertaining to or affecting the body as a whole; a disease process pertaining to or affecting the body as a whole.

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Systemic

Question 46

The fluid component of blood that normally passes through the endothelial cell walls of the microcirculation.

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Transudate

Question 47

A disease process that results from injury that causes tissue damage.

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Traumatic injury

Question 48

The ring of lymphatic tissue formed by the two palatine tonsils, the pharyngeal tonsil, the lingual tonsil, and intervening lymphoid tissue.

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Waldeyer’s ring