Oral Path Chapter 2 vocab

vocab

100

the movement of WBCs as directed by biochemical mediators to an area of injury

chemotaxis 

200

a non-specific protein produced in the liver, that becomes elevated during episodes of acute inflammation or infection 

C-reactive protein 

300

an abnormal sac or cavity lined by epithelium and surrounded by fibrous connective tissue

cyst

400

the passage of WBCs through the walls of small blood vessels and into injured tissue

emigration 

500

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 

vocab

100

an abnormal passage that leads from an abscess to an outside body surface 

fistula 

200

a tumorlike mass of inflammatory tissue consisting of a central collection of macrophages often including multinucleated giant cells surrounded by lymphocytes 

granuloma 

300

excess of blood within bloods in part of the body 

hyperemia 

400

an enlargement of tissue or organ resulting from an in increase in the number of cells 

hyperplasia 

500

enlargement of a tissue or organ resulting from an increase in size of its individual cells 

hypertrophy 

vocab

100

a nonspecific response to injury that involved the microcirculation and its blood cells

inflammation 

200

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

300

process during inflammation in which WBCs tend to move to the periphery of the blood vessel at the site of injury 

Margination

400

first WBC to arrive at a site of injury, the primary cell involved in acute inflammation 

neutrophil

500

the enhancement of phagocytosis by a process in which a pathogen in marked for destruction for destruction by phagocytes 

opsonization 

vocab

100

collection of granulation tissue and abscess material on the gingiva which originated from chronically inflamed tooth and spreads via fistulous tract 

parulis (gum boil) 

200

the adherence of WBCs to blood vessel walls during inflammation 

pavementing 

300

fever inducing substances produced by either WBCs or pathogenic microorganisms 

pyrogens 

400

the process in which injured tissue is replaced with tissue identical to that present before the injury

regeneration 

500

restoration of damaged or diseased tissue by cellular change and growth

repair