WEEK 8 Inflammation Flashcards
What is the best definition for inflammation
an immunologic defense against tissue, injury, or allergy.
the body’s reaction to injury, irritation, or infection characterized by redness, swelling, warmth, and/or pain; caused by accumulation of immune cells and substances around the injury or infection, this is known as what ?
inflammation
True or false. Inflammation is protective process initiated to or remove the pathologic agent or stimulus triggering the inflammation, and to promote healing
true
Inflammation is not always with infection , but it can also occur in the absence of infection
false, it’s always present with infection
what are the concepts connected with inflammation
infection
tissue integrity
thermoregulation
gas exchange
clotting
fatigue
stress
immunity
Scope of inflammation
inflammation can be
acute
chronic
repair/restorative
local or systemic
scope of inflammation triggers: Inflammation
mechanical trauma
thermal, electrical or chemical injury
radiation damage
biological assault ( infections )
We know that inflammation can be chronic o acute but what does repair/restorative mean ?
this means they are going to be both chronic and acute
generally if organ is involved it will be what type of inflammation?
it will be systemic
Which is acute and chronic ?
rolling an ankle
bowl disease
first is acute and second is chronic
would this be an example of acute systemic ?
pneumonia and appendicitis
yes both are true
Normal inflammatory response : the goal
the goal is to restore normal function of cells
and fibrous repair when cells can’t be restored
white blood cells and chemicals that serve to protect the body from invaders or cellular/tissue damage are involved
Protective mechanisms, certain cells cannot regenerated ( our cardiac muscle, brain cells )
this is true–> they cannot replace
scar tissue all over and over again when having a heart attack
types of white blood cells Granulocytes and Agranulocytes ( what are the categories under it )
- neutrophil ( helps in phagocytosis )
- eosinophil ( fights against parasitic infection)
- basophil ( produces inflammatory and allergic reactions)
Agranulocytes
4. lymphocyte ( produces specific immune responses)
5. Monocyte `( fights off bacteria viruses and fungi)
what are the 3 type of lymphocytes
- B lymphocytes
- T lymphocytes
- natural killer cell
immature neutrophils are called what ? and what can they not perform?
they are called bands and they canot perfrom endocytosis
how many days does bands turn into segmented ?
12 days
( agranulocytes) this is essentially in immune response, they keep calling for help ( operators) this is activated when there is inflammatory response.
true
mature neutrophils are called what?
segmented neutrophils
When injury has occurred this will occur and call for help, what is this being referred to?
chemotaxis ( realising pro inflammatory response)
a complex process involving more than a dozen different chemicals ( proinfalmamtory hormone)
chemotaxis
Chemotaxis is stimulated by :
bacterial or viral exotoxins
degenerative- by products of inflammation
products of complement system activation
reactive products of plasma clotting
True or false. White blood cells head to an inflammation when chemotaxis occurs
true
what are the 3 hormones linked to proinflammatory hormones ?
prostaglandins
histamines
cytokines