24 Questions
Which of the following is NOT listed as a cause of cell injury in the text?
Heat exposure
What is the term for a reversible intracytoplasmic accumulation of triglycerides as described in the text?
Steatosis
What type of cell injury is characterized by pathological changes that can be reversed when the stimulus stops?
Reversible cell injury
Which type of cell injury results in cell death by either necrosis or apoptosis?
Irreversible cell injury
What is the term for a reversible deterioration in cell function that leads to the change of tissue to a less functionally active state?
Degeneration
Which of the following is NOT a type of stress listed as a cause of cell injury in the text?
Oxidative stress
What is the characteristic staining property of Amyloidosis?
Congo red stain
What is the result of deposition of an insoluble protein substance in between cells and walls of blood vessels?
Amyloidosis
Which type of necrosis results in necrotic tissue remaining firm?
Coagulative necrosis
In which type of necrosis does digestion of tissues occur by proteolytic enzymes?
Liquefactive necrosis
What is the process of digestion of a cell by its own lysosomal enzymes?
Autolysis
Which pathological condition is characterized by calcification of normal tissues due to hypercalcemia?
Metastatic calcification
Which condition is characterized by an increase in absorption of dietary iron, leading to iron overload?
Primary hemochromatosis
Which organ is not commonly affected by fatty change?
Pancreas
Which condition is not a cause of fatty change?
Primary hemochromatosis
Which is not a complication of fatty change?
Diabetes mellitus
Which condition is characterized by the deposition of calcium salts in dead or damaged tissues?
Dystrophic calcification
Which condition is not a cause of primary hemochromatosis?
Increased physiological loss of iron
What type of necrosis is characterized by soft, friable, and cheesy necrotic tissue?
Caseation necrosis
What type of necrosis involves the deposition of immune complex protein and fibrin in arterial walls?
Fibrinoid necrosis
Which enzyme released from injured pancreatic cells contributes to enzymatic necrosis of omental fat in acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis?
Lipase
Which type of cell death involves a genetically programmed process where the cell doesn't rupture and doesn't cause inflammation?
Apoptosis
Which of the following types of necrosis results from the action of putrefactive bacteria leading to liquefaction of tissue?
Gangrenous necrosis
What causes fat necrosis in the female breast due to trauma?
Lipase enzyme
Test your knowledge on cell injury, homeostasis, fatty change, hemochromatosis, pathologic calcification, amyloidosis, necrosis, and apoptosis. Learn about the causes of cell injury and the different types of cell injury such as fatty change, necrosis, and apoptosis.
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