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exam 1
Question | Answer |
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Morphologic diagnosis | features of lesion and organ |
eitologic diagnosis | causative agent, organ, how affecting organ |
SER function | metabolizing drugs, lipids, glycogen |
RER function | protein syn. |
anisocytosis | cells all different sizes |
Anisokaryosis | nucleoli different colors |
signs of reversible cell injury | cell swelling, ER swelling, loss microvilli, mem blebs, clumped chromatin, lipid accumulation, myelin figures |
Signs of irreversible cell injury | Mitochondria dysfunction, cell membrane damage. |
Hydropic degeneration | Cell swelling in skin cells, epithelial cells |
Cytotoxic edema | cell swelling in astrocytes |
Metaplasia | replacement of one cell type with another. function of the cell changes. Lineage choices: epithelial or mesenchymal. Adaption to chronic injury. |
Anaplasia | Loss of structural and functional de-differentiation |
the proinflammatory mediators produced during reperfusion injury | Epoxy-acids Prostaglandins Leukotrienes |
Compounds that neutralize free radicals | Superoxide dismutase Glutathione peroxidase Vitamine E/Selenium Vitamin C |
pyknosis | nuclei condenses and becomes small/dark. clumping of chromatin |
Karyorrhexis | nuclei fragments |
Karyolysis | lysis of nucleus |
pyknosis, karryorrhexis and karyolysis are features of what cellular process | necrosis |
PAS stains for what | starches, sugars, glycogen |
Sudan Black or Oil red stains for what | Lipid |
Dystrophic calcification | results from dying cells. precipitation of calcium in tissues |
Metastatic calcification | results from hypercalcemia |
AL amyloid | secreted in B cell proliferative disorders |
AA amyloid | liver secreted SSA during inflamtion. mis-folding of beta pleated sheet. |
Beta amyloid | seen in humans with Alzeheimers |
Iodine stain | Fresh tissue. Stain starch |
Congo red | used on formalin fixed tissue. stains amyloid |
apple green perfringence | congo red stain under polarized light |
Organs most affected by amyloids | Kidney, liver, spleen |
melanin | formed by oxidation of tyrosine. can occur because of chronic inflammation |
lipofuscin | end result of autophagocytosis. undergradable material accumulation. |
Ceroids | look very similar to liopfuscin. pathogenic. result of malnutrition, vit E deficiency . brown gut |
methemoglobin | Ferrous iron in hemoglobin converted to ferric iron. brown colored blood. Nitrated, chlorates |
Hemosiderin | aggregates of ferritin. Golden yellow to brown globules seen in: spleen, liver, heart failure cells, bruises |
Hematoiden | yellow brown to organge red. contains no iron. resembles bilirubin. |
bilirubin | result of RBC degradation in macrophages |
Gout | urate deposition. due to dehydration, renal failure, excess protein intake |
pseudomelanosis | Bacteria break down of blood. produces hydrogen sulfide. greenish grey to black coloration |
rigor mortis | contraction and stiffening of muscles after death. begins 1-6 hrs after death and passes in 36-48 hrs. |
livor mortis | hypostatic congestion. gravitational pooling of blood |