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Which of the following is a component of acute inflammation?
Which of the following is a component of acute inflammation?
- Vascular changes
- Chronic inflammation
- Leukocyte dysfunction
- Margination (correct)
What are the cardinal signs of inflammation?
What are the cardinal signs of inflammation?
- Margination and rolling
- Redness and swelling (correct)
- Permeability and chemotaxis
- Caliber and flow
What is the significance of acute inflammation in disease?
What is the significance of acute inflammation in disease?
- It leads to leukocyte dysfunction
- It is a protective response (correct)
- It causes chronic inflammation
- It helps in tissue repair
What are the steps involved in extravasation of leukocytes?
What are the steps involved in extravasation of leukocytes?
What is leukocyte activation?
What is leukocyte activation?
What is the outcome of leukocyte dysfunction?
What is the outcome of leukocyte dysfunction?
Which of the following is NOT a component of inflammation?
Which of the following is NOT a component of inflammation?
Which of the following is a characteristic of acute inflammation?
Which of the following is a characteristic of acute inflammation?
What are the cardinal signs of inflammation in vascular changes?
What are the cardinal signs of inflammation in vascular changes?
What is the basis for Sir Thomas Lewis' theory of the 'triple response'?
What is the basis for Sir Thomas Lewis' theory of the 'triple response'?
What is the main function of fibroblasts in the inflammatory response?
What is the main function of fibroblasts in the inflammatory response?
What is the main purpose of studying inflammation?
What is the main purpose of studying inflammation?
Which one of these is the mechanism that propels and activates the leukocyte to/at the site of injury?
Which one of these is the mechanism that propels and activates the leukocyte to/at the site of injury?
Which one of these is the step in extravasation of leukocytes where leukocytes form loose, transient adhesions with endothelial cells?
Which one of these is the step in extravasation of leukocytes where leukocytes form loose, transient adhesions with endothelial cells?
Which one of these is the class of adhesion molecules that facilitate the transient interactions between leukocytes and endothelial cells during rolling?
Which one of these is the class of adhesion molecules that facilitate the transient interactions between leukocytes and endothelial cells during rolling?
Which one of these is the mediator that upregulates the expression and/or availability of selectins during inflammation?
Which one of these is the mediator that upregulates the expression and/or availability of selectins during inflammation?
Which one of these is the mediator that increases integrin's affinity for ICAM and VCAM by causing conformational changes in the integrin molecules?
Which one of these is the mediator that increases integrin's affinity for ICAM and VCAM by causing conformational changes in the integrin molecules?
Which one of these is the molecule that mediates the transmigration of leukocytes through venule walls?
Which one of these is the molecule that mediates the transmigration of leukocytes through venule walls?
Which of the following is responsible for the signs of redness and warmth in an affected area during inflammation?
Which of the following is responsible for the signs of redness and warmth in an affected area during inflammation?
What happens when arteriolar hydrostatic pressure increases during acute inflammation?
What happens when arteriolar hydrostatic pressure increases during acute inflammation?
What is the net loss of fluid to the interstitial space in normal blood flow?
What is the net loss of fluid to the interstitial space in normal blood flow?
What is the term for the fluid taken up into the lymphatic system and returned to the venous circulation?
What is the term for the fluid taken up into the lymphatic system and returned to the venous circulation?
Which of the following is responsible for the formation of an exudate during acute inflammation?
Which of the following is responsible for the formation of an exudate during acute inflammation?
Which molecule triggers the release of intracellular calcium stores in leukocytes?
Which molecule triggers the release of intracellular calcium stores in leukocytes?
What is the purpose of leukocyte recruitment to the site of injury?
What is the purpose of leukocyte recruitment to the site of injury?
Which protein is responsible for the conversion of hydrogen peroxide to hypochlorous radical?
Which protein is responsible for the conversion of hydrogen peroxide to hypochlorous radical?
What is the defect in LAD -1?
What is the defect in LAD -1?
What is the defect in LAD -2?
What is the defect in LAD -2?
What is the defect in CGD (chronic granulomatous disease)?
What is the defect in CGD (chronic granulomatous disease)?
