UNE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM ESSENTIAL
STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ What is a decrease in cell size?
Answer: Atrophy
◉ What is an increase in cell size.
Answer: Hypertrophy
◉ What is an increase in the number of cells.
Answer: Hyperplasia
◉ What is a change in form/replacement of adult cells?.
Answer: Metaplasia
◉ What is an abnormal cell growth of a specific tissue?.
Answer: Dysplasia
◉ What is a loss of cell differentiation in cancerous tissues?.
Answer: Anaplasia
, ◉ What are causes of cellular injury?.
Answer: *Physical Agents
*Radiation Injury
*Chemical Injury
*Biological Agents
*Nutritional Imbalances
◉ What is apoptosis?.
Answer: Programmed cell death
◉ What is necrosis?.
Answer: Cell death in an organ or tissues that is still part of a living
person
◉ What is neoplasia?.
Answer: Disorder of altered cell differentiation and growth
◉ Define Adenoma.
Answer: Benign tumor of granular epithelial tissue
◉ Define Adenocarcinoma.
Answer: Malignant tumor of granular epithelial tissue
STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ What is a decrease in cell size?
Answer: Atrophy
◉ What is an increase in cell size.
Answer: Hypertrophy
◉ What is an increase in the number of cells.
Answer: Hyperplasia
◉ What is a change in form/replacement of adult cells?.
Answer: Metaplasia
◉ What is an abnormal cell growth of a specific tissue?.
Answer: Dysplasia
◉ What is a loss of cell differentiation in cancerous tissues?.
Answer: Anaplasia
, ◉ What are causes of cellular injury?.
Answer: *Physical Agents
*Radiation Injury
*Chemical Injury
*Biological Agents
*Nutritional Imbalances
◉ What is apoptosis?.
Answer: Programmed cell death
◉ What is necrosis?.
Answer: Cell death in an organ or tissues that is still part of a living
person
◉ What is neoplasia?.
Answer: Disorder of altered cell differentiation and growth
◉ Define Adenoma.
Answer: Benign tumor of granular epithelial tissue
◉ Define Adenocarcinoma.
Answer: Malignant tumor of granular epithelial tissue