General Pathology: Cell Injury and Adaptation
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What is the result of the adaptive capability of cells being exceeded or the injury being severe enough to overcome the adaptation capacity?

  • Cell injury (correct)
  • Cell inflammation
  • Cell repair
  • Cell adaptation

    • What is the term for the death of cells within viable organs?

  • Inflammation
  • Hemodynamic disorder
  • Apoptosis
  • Necrosis (correct)

    • What is the process by which cells try to achieve a new steady state and preserve viability under physiological or pathological stress?

  • Cell injury
  • Cell repair
  • Cell inflammation
  • Cell adaptation (correct)

    • What is the term for the new and abnormal growth of cells?

    <p>Neoplasia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the disorders related to the circulation of blood and the functioning of the heart?

    <p>Hemodynamic disorders</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of oxygen deprivation, which interferes with aerobic oxidative respiration?

    <p>Hypoxia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common cause of cell injury and hypoxia?

    <p>Ischemia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a cause of cell injury due to an abnormal concentration of a normal substrate?

    <p>Chemicals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the intrinsic aging of cells, leading to alterations in replicative and repair abilities?

    <p>Cellular senescence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of cellular adaptation?

    <p>A new steady state that lies between normal unstressed cell and the injured overstressed cell</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a cause of hypoxia?

    <p>Pneumonia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of antigen-antibody reactions that are overridden or improperly operating?

    <p>Autoimmune disorders</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the fundamental step leading to atrophy?

    <p>Imbalance between protein synthesis and degradation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between physiological and pathological adaptation?

    <p>Physiological adaptation is beneficial, while pathological adaptation is harmful</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of an imbalance between protein synthesis and degradation in atrophy?

    <p>Decrease in structural components</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of all adaptive responses?

    <p>They are always reversible</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of a decrease in the size of the cell in atrophy?

    <p>Decrease in cell function</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the enlargement of the breast and uterus during pregnancy?

    <p>Physiological adaptation</p> Signup and view all the answers

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