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pathophysiology ch 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Atrophy | decrease in the size of individual cells |
| Hypertrophy | increase in the size of individual cells |
| Hyperplasia | increase in the number of cells resulting in enlarged tissue mass |
| Metaplasia | When one mature cell type replaces another mature cell type. sometimes caused by lack of vitamin A |
| Dysplasia | tissuein which the cells vary in size and shape, large nuclei are frequently present and the rate of mitosis has increased. |