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What is the result of the accumulation of water, fat, protein, cholesterol, glycogen, iron, calcium, or pigments in the cell?
What is the result of the accumulation of water, fat, protein, cholesterol, glycogen, iron, calcium, or pigments in the cell?
- Apoptosis
- Necrosis
- Hypoxia
- Reversible injury (correct)
Which of the following is not a cause of cell injury?
Which of the following is not a cause of cell injury?
- Nutritional imbalances
- Hormonal imbalance (correct)
- Genetic derangements
- Infection
What is the result of severe or prolonged cell injury?
What is the result of severe or prolonged cell injury?
- Mitochondrial damage
- Reversible injury
- Irreversible injury (correct)
- Cell swelling
What is the mechanism of cell injury that involves the accumulation of oxygen-derived free radicals?
What is the mechanism of cell injury that involves the accumulation of oxygen-derived free radicals?
What is the term for the process of programmed cell death?
What is the term for the process of programmed cell death?
Which of the following is an example of a physical agent that can cause cell injury?
Which of the following is an example of a physical agent that can cause cell injury?
What is the primary consequence of the accumulation of lipofuscin in cells?
What is the primary consequence of the accumulation of lipofuscin in cells?
In which organs is fatty change, or steatosis, most commonly seen?
In which organs is fatty change, or steatosis, most commonly seen?
What is the term for the intracellular accumulation of water, characterized by small amounts of water causing cell swelling with eosinophilic granular cytoplasm?
What is the term for the intracellular accumulation of water, characterized by small amounts of water causing cell swelling with eosinophilic granular cytoplasm?
What is the term for the accumulation of protein in the kidney, often as a result of proteinuria?
What is the term for the accumulation of protein in the kidney, often as a result of proteinuria?
What is the term for the type of cellular accumulation that occurs in patients with hemochromatosis?
What is the term for the type of cellular accumulation that occurs in patients with hemochromatosis?
What is the primary difference between cloudy swelling and hydropic swelling?
What is the primary difference between cloudy swelling and hydropic swelling?
What is the result of fatty change in the liver?
What is the result of fatty change in the liver?
What is the characteristic appearance of the liver in fatty change under a microscope?
What is the characteristic appearance of the liver in fatty change under a microscope?
What is the effect of diffuse fatty change in the heart?
What is the effect of diffuse fatty change in the heart?
What is the purpose of special stains in the diagnosis of fatty change?
What is the purpose of special stains in the diagnosis of fatty change?
What is the cause of bilirubin accumulation in the liver?
What is the cause of bilirubin accumulation in the liver?
What is the gross appearance of the liver in fatty change?
What is the gross appearance of the liver in fatty change?
