Maryville NURS 611 patho exam 1 Study
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Apoptosis - Answer-A programmed cell death that is regulated or programmed. Cellular self-
destruction for elimination or unwanted cell populations
Necrosis - Answer-Rapid loss of the plasma membrane structure, organelle swelling, mitochondria
dysfun...
The mitochondrial matrix contains what kind of pathways (1), involve what two things (2), and
metabolizes what three things (3)? - Answer✔✔-1- metabolic
2- urea and heme synthesis
3- carbs, proteins, and lipids
What can accumulate intracellularly caused by stresses form metabolic dearangements? - Answer✔✔-
carbs, proteins, and lipids
What is physiologic atrophy? - Answer✔✔-occurs in early development. ex: thymus glad during
childhood
What is pathologic atrophy? - Answer✔✔-occurs as a result of decreases in workload, use, pressure,
blood supply, nutrition, and hormonal stimulation.
Ex: Shrinking of gonads in an adolescent pt in response to decreased hormonal stimulation. and an pt
immobilized in bed for a prolonged time
what is hypertrophy? - Answer✔✔-increase in cell size
Example of beneficial physiologic hypertrophy? - Answer✔✔-hypertrophy of myocardial cells from
endurance training
example of pathologic hypertrophy - Answer✔✔-cardiomegaly in a hypertensive patient
What is hyperplasia? - Answer✔✔-increase in the number of cells
example of compensatory hyperplasia? - Answer✔✔-regeneration of the liver
example of pathological hyperplasia - Answer✔✔-endometrial tissue
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