Irene Gold- Pathology Part 1| 185 questions| with complete solutions

what is metatastic calcification degeneration? what is an example of it? CORRECT ANSWERS: calcium infiltration into normal tissue hypervitaminosis D.- person takes too much vit. D, causes build-up of calcium in the blood what is dystrophic calcification degeneration? what is an example of it? CORRECT ANSWERS: calcium infiltration into abnormal/damaged tissue *does not need higher levels of calcium in the blood to cause this ex. atherosclerosis or atheroma causing damage to the tunica intima which then calcifies what is an example of caseous necrosis CORRECT ANSWERS: TB What is caseous necrosis? what is its pathophysiology? what type of hypersensitvity is it? CORRECT ANSWERS: A form of coagulative necrosis in which a thick, yellowish, cheesy substance forms. comes from infection which causes WBC to migrate to the area and then when they die, they leave behind debris that looks like cheese- forming a granuloma type 4 hypersensitivity what does the term cloudy swelling mean in reference to degeneration? CORRECT ANSWERS: swelling of cells due to injury to the membranes affecting ionic transfer; causes an accumulation of intracellular water. albuminous in nature what does coagulation of cells cause? CORRECT ANSWERS: infarction (MI) Enzymatic degeneration usually happen in which organ? CORRECT ANSWERS: pancreas (pancrenase digests itself) what is fatty degeneration? CORRECT ANSWERS: also called steatosis, abnormal retention of lipids within in a cell or organ usually affecting the liver what is fatty degeneration in the liver called? heart? CORRECT ANSWERS: liver- nutmeg liver heart- tabby cat heart describe the stages of a fibroatheroma CORRECT ANSWERS: type 1- endothelial damage causes isolated macrophage foam cells