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| decreased cell size (cell shrinkage) |
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| normal, active process of cellular destruction |
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| increased cell size; seen in skeletal & cardiac muscle - occasionally in kidney tissue |
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| increased number of cells |
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| abnormal changes to size, shape, and organization of cells |
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| REVERSIBLE replacement of mature cells by less differentiated cells |
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| TOTAL LOSS in cell structure and differentiation - loss of function |
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| lack of O2 due to blockage in blood supply to tissue |
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| re-entry of O2 into tissues after reversible ischemia |
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| cellular changes after death and cellular self digestion |
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| tissues/cells become a dry mass with no nucleus |
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| digestion of cells resulting in soft, liquid tissue |
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| tissue becomes friable and crumbly - often seen with TB |
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| production of free fatty acids which combine with ions to form "soap" |
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| death of tissue due to severe hypoxia/ischemia |
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| collection of functional cells that comprise an organ |
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| connective tissue & blood vessels that support the parenchyma |
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| cells lost through injury that are replaced by cell division |
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| replacement of damaged cells with fibrous scar tissue |
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| cells continually dividing - ex: skin epithelial cells, mucous membrane cells, GI tract cells |
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| cells that divide slowly - ex: glandular cells, liver cells, connective tissue cells |
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| cells that cannot divide - ex: skeletal muscle cells, cardiac muscle cells |
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| cells that cannot divide - ex: skeletal muscle cells, cardiac muscle cells |
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| process of replacing damaged tissue with collagen rich tissue - or scar tissue |
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| cells involved in the formation of collagen |
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| revascularization - production of new blood vessels |
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| drawing of the wound edges closer together |
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| specialized cell for wound contraction |
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| when edges of a fractured bone and properly aligned |
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| soft callus = repair tissue of collagen & cartilage seen in early bone repair |
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| forming of hard callus = second step in bone repair |
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| replacement of neurons by nonconducting neuroglia |
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| exaggerated wound contraction |
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| narrowing of the lumen of a hollow organe |
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| joining of 2 membranes during healing which normally move freely against one another |
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| breaking open of a healing wound |
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| displacement of an organ from it's normal cavity position |
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| irregular masses of scar tissue that protrude from the surface of the skin |
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| overproduction of granulation tissue |
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| dividing cells stop mitosis when they touch one another |
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| embryonic cells that develop into muscle tissue |
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| embryonic layer that becomes the lining of the GI tract |
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| embryonic layer that becomes the epidermis of the skin |
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| embryonic tissue that develops into connective tissue |
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| mitotic cell form of cartilage |
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| mature connective tissue cell |
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| bone marrow cell that can become blood cells |
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| cells that arise from bone marrow and become WBCs |
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| pigment producing cells in skin and hair |
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| large, single-nucleus WBCs |
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| cells within a tissue are of variable size and shape |
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| cancers of the epithelial tissues |
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| lining of the GI tract & respiratory tract |
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| epidermis of the skin & nervous tissue |
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| malignant glandular tumor |
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| malignant glandular tumor |
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| malignant tumor derived from melanocytes |
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| formed from deep epithelial cells (usually skin) |
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| formed from epithelial cells near the surface |
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| cancers of the lymphatic tissue |
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| cancers of the glial cells of the nervous system |
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| cancer of the blood forming organs - primarily bone marrow |
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| process by which a normal cell becomes canerous |
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| cancer cells independence from normal cellular controls |
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| continue to divide even when suspended in agar gel |
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| unlimited life span and division - most cancer cells |
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| hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) |
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| early pregnancy - helps maintain corpus luteum shape/ectopic secretion = during testicular cancer |
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| undifferentiated, immature WBCs |
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| mature, normal appearing but non-functioning WBCs |
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