5 Questions
What is the term used to describe the dissolution of dead cells by the cell's own digestive enzymes?
Autolysis
Which cellular response is characterized by an increase in the size of individual cells?
Hypertrophy
What term describes the accumulation of metabolites or other substances within a cell?
Intracellular accumulations
Which type of cell response is considered irreversible and leads to cell death?
Necrosis
What is the term for the altered states that cells can adopt in response to stress and then revert back to their original state?
Cellular adaptation
Test your knowledge of cellular injury and adaptation in pathology. Topics include normal cellular homeostasis, responses to cell injury, reversible and irreversible responses, etiological causes of cell injury, mechanisms of cellular injuries, and medical terminology related to cell injury.
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