How Well Do You Know Arteriosclerosis and Its Types?

Study Notes

Arteriosclerosis is the thickening and loss of elasticity in arterial walls.
Atherosclerosis is the most common type of arteriosclerosis and is caused by cholesterol plaques building up in the intima.
Mönckeberg arteriosclerosis is less common and caused by calcification of the media and internal elastic lamina.
Arteriolosclerosis is the hardening of small arteries and arterioles.
Hyaline arteriolosclerosis is caused by protein deposition and can be due to hypertension, diabetes, or aging.
Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis is caused by smooth muscle cell proliferation and is associated with malignant hypertension.
Atherosclerosis affects elastic and medium-sized muscular arteries, while Mönckeberg arteriosclerosis affects medium-sized arteries.
X-rays of Mönckeberg arteriosclerosis show a pipestem appearance.
Hyaline arteriolosclerosis is characterized by pink amorphous deposits in arteriolar walls, while hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis has an "onion-skin" appearance.
Arteriosclerosis can cause blood flow obstruction and is a multifactorial inflammatory disease.