Inflammation
Altered Cell & tissue biology
Genes & genetic diseases
Cancer
Random vocabulary terms
100

Returning injured tissue to the original structure and function

Resolution

100

A type of cell death that can be both physiological and pathological.

Apoptosis

100

Observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype and enviromental factors

Phenotype
100

Growth of new blood vessels and this is essential to the growth and spread of cancer

Angiogenesis

100

The presence of or absence of one or more chromosomes

aneuploidy

200

Cell death from ischemia

Infarct

200

Insufficient blood flow to tissues

Ischemia

200

A threadlike structure made of protein and a single molecule of DNA that serve to carry the genetic information from cell to cell. 

Chromosome

200

Histological assessment of a cancer or "how bad the cells look," is termed

grading

200
Number of new, old, or existing cases within a population and time period

Prevalence

300

___________ exudate is thick, sticky, and has a high cell and fibrin content. 

Fibrinous

300

A state of reduced oxygen in the tissue. 

Hypoxia

300

Most common autosomal recessive disorder in caucasions

Cystic fibrosis

300

This most common diagnosed cancer in males 

Prostate cancer

300
Failure of chromosomes or sister chromotids to seperate during cell division (meiosis or mitosis)

Nondisjunction

400

Your patient is healing from a stage-IV pressure injury. They're experiencing a wound healing process where an open wound, with significant tissue loss, heals naturally from the base upward by forming new tissue (granulation tissue) and contracting.

Secondary intention

400
A 25-year-old woman gives birth to her fourth child. She starts breast feeding the infant. She continues breast feeding for almost a year with no difficulties or complications. ____________ is a cellular process that begins during pregnancy to allow her to nurse her infant.

Hyperplasia

400

Refers to the variation in phenotypic expression.

Expressivity
400

Two routes of metastasis: 

1) Blood (hematogenous)

2) Lymphatic

400

Loss of mature or specialized features (structural differentiation) of a cell or tissue

Anaplasia

500

The four cardinal signs of inflammation 

Redness, heat, swelling, and pain

500
A 29-year-old female died from complications of destruction of the aortic valve, by large irregular vegetation from which Staphyloccocus aureus was cultured. Autopsy results show the presence of a tan to white, wedge-shaped 1.5x3 cm lesion with a base on the capsule. The splenic finding are most likely the result of _________ , a type of cellular abnormality. (Hint 2 words)

Coagulative necrosis. 

500

An x-linked disorder with the following signs and symptoms: infertility secondary to testicular atropy, lack of facial hair, and gynecomastia. 

Klinefelter syndrome

500
Human immunodeficiency virus is a microorganism associated with _________ type of cancer (Hint: 2 words)

Kaposi sarcoma

500

Study of functional (physiological) changes accompanying a syndrome or disease. Helps understand the progression, identify the stages, and determine the appropriate medical treatment. 

Pathophysiology

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