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?

Neoplasia 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?

Hemodynamic disorders Signup and view all the answers

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

Hypoxia Signup and view all the answers

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

Ischemia 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?

Chemicals Signup and view all the answers

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

Cellular senescence Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of cellular adaptation?

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

Which of the following is a cause of hypoxia?

Pneumonia Signup and view all the answers

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

Autoimmune disorders Signup and view all the answers

What is the fundamental step leading to atrophy?

Imbalance between protein synthesis and degradation Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between physiological and pathological adaptation?

Physiological adaptation is beneficial, while pathological adaptation is harmful Signup and view all the answers

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

Decrease in structural components Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of all adaptive responses?

They are always reversible Signup and view all the answers

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

Decrease in cell function Signup and view all the answers

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

Physiological adaptation Signup and view all the answers