VIH III COMPLETE EXAM REVIEW WITH
FULL SOLUTIONS
●● What are the four principal adaptive responses of cells?
Answer: Hypertrophy, hyperplasia, atrophy, and metaplasia.
●● What is hypertrophy?
Answer: Increase in cell size.
●● What is hyperplasia?
Answer: Increase in the number of cells.
●● What is atrophy?
Answer: Decrease in cell size.
●● What is metaplasia?
Answer: Replacement of one adult cell type with another.
●● What causes cell injury?
Answer: Ischemia, infections, toxins, and immune reactions.
●● What is reversible cell injury?
, Answer: Cell damage that can be repaired if the stress is removed.
●● What are the two types of cell death?
Answer: Necrosis and apoptosis.
●● What is necrosis?
Answer: Uncontrolled cell death causing inflammation.
●● What is apoptosis?
Answer: Programmed cell death.
●● What is ischemia?
Answer: Lack of blood flow.
●● What is an example of physiologic hypertrophy?
Answer: Muscle growth from exercise.
●● What is an example of pathologic hypertrophy?
Answer: Enlarged heart from hypertension.
●● What is BPH?
Answer: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.
FULL SOLUTIONS
●● What are the four principal adaptive responses of cells?
Answer: Hypertrophy, hyperplasia, atrophy, and metaplasia.
●● What is hypertrophy?
Answer: Increase in cell size.
●● What is hyperplasia?
Answer: Increase in the number of cells.
●● What is atrophy?
Answer: Decrease in cell size.
●● What is metaplasia?
Answer: Replacement of one adult cell type with another.
●● What causes cell injury?
Answer: Ischemia, infections, toxins, and immune reactions.
●● What is reversible cell injury?
, Answer: Cell damage that can be repaired if the stress is removed.
●● What are the two types of cell death?
Answer: Necrosis and apoptosis.
●● What is necrosis?
Answer: Uncontrolled cell death causing inflammation.
●● What is apoptosis?
Answer: Programmed cell death.
●● What is ischemia?
Answer: Lack of blood flow.
●● What is an example of physiologic hypertrophy?
Answer: Muscle growth from exercise.
●● What is an example of pathologic hypertrophy?
Answer: Enlarged heart from hypertension.
●● What is BPH?
Answer: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.