vocab
chemotaxis
an abnormal passage that leads from an abscess to an outside body surface
fistula
a nonspecific response to injury that involved the microcirculation and its blood cells
inflammation
collection of granulation tissue and abscess material on the gingiva which originated from chronically inflamed tooth and spreads via fistulous tract
parulis (gum boil)
a non-specific protein produced in the liver, that becomes elevated during episodes of acute inflammation or infection
C-reactive protein
a tumorlike mass of inflammatory tissue consisting of a central collection of macrophages often including multinucleated giant cells surrounded by lymphocytes
granuloma
the second type of WBC to arrive at a site of injury that was originally a monocyte, it participates in phagocytosis during inflammation and continues to be active in the immune response
macrophage
the adherence of WBCs to blood vessel walls during inflammation
pavementing
an abnormal sac or cavity lined by epithelium and surrounded by fibrous connective tissue
cyst
excess of blood within bloods in part of the body
hyperemia
process during inflammation in which WBCs tend to move to the periphery of the blood vessel at the site of injury
Margination
pyrogens
the passage of WBCs through the walls of small blood vessels and into injured tissue
emigration
an enlargement of tissue or organ resulting from an in increase in the number of cells
hyperplasia
first WBC to arrive at a site of injury, the primary cell involved in acute inflammation
neutrophil
the process in which injured tissue is replaced with tissue identical to that present before the injury
a body fluid with a high protein content that leaves the microcirculation during the inflammatory response that consists of serum that contains WBCs, fibrin and other protein molecules
exudate
enlargement of a tissue or organ resulting from an increase in size of its individual cells
hypertrophy
the enhancement of phagocytosis by a process in which a pathogen in marked for destruction for destruction by phagocytes
opsonization
repair