Cell Injury & Death
This type of cell death is characterized by cell swelling and membrane rupture.
What is necrosis?
The first white blood cells to arrive during acute inflammation.
Answer: What are neutrophils?
A benign tumor of glandular epithelium.
Answer: What is an adenoma?
The programmed form of cell death involving caspases.
Answer: What is apoptosis?
This cardinal sign of inflammation refers to heat.
Answer: What is calor?
This term refers to the spread of malignant cells to distant sites.
Answer: What is metastasis?
Lack of oxygen delivery to tissues is known as this.
Answer: What is hypoxia?
Granulomas are commonly associated with this infectious disease.
Answer: What is tuberculosis?
Loss of differentiation in malignant tumors is called this.
Answer: What is anaplasia?
This intracellular pigment accumulates in chronic bruising and contains iron.
Answer: What is hemosiderin?
This type of hypersensitivity reaction is IgE-mediated.
Answer: What is Type I hypersensitivity?
The most commonly mutated tumor suppressor gene in cancers.
Answer: What is p53?
This adaptation involves an increase in cell size rather than cell number.
Answer: What is hypertrophy?
The multinucleated giant cell seen in granulomatous inflammation.
Answer: What is a Langhans giant cell?
This cancer marker is associated with hepatocellular carcinoma and yolk sac tumors.
Answer: What is AFP (alpha-fetoprotein)?