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14 Cards in this Set
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If cells and tissues are damaged the __ response is activated
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Inflammatory
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What is ischemia?
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Oxygen deprivation
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Since inflammation is specific, it can adjust to specific cell types
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False. Inflammation is nonspecific
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What are the cardinal signs of inflammation? Who identified them?
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Redness, heat, swelling, pain
Celsus |
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Three characteristic changes in the microcirculation (arterioles, capillaries, venules) near the site of injury include what three things?
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1) vasodilation
2) increased vascular permeability and fluid leakage 3) diapedesis |
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What's diapedesis?
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White blood cell adherence to vessel walls and their movement to injury sites
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The effects of inflammation are visible within minutes
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False. Seconds
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What are the four biochemical mediators?
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Histamine, bradykinins, leukotrienes, prostaglandins
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Which biochemical mediator is responsible for pain?
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Prostaglandins
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Vasodilation causes (slower/faster) blood velocity and (increase/decreases) local blood flow to the injured site
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Slower
Increases |
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Leakage of plasma from the vessels is caused by vasodilation, which causes what to blood velocity and local blood flow?
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Slows blood velocity
Increases local blood flow to injured site |
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Fluid and debris that accumulate at an inflamed site are drained by what system?
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Lymphatic system
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Where do microbial antigens in lymphatic fluid go to contribute to acquired immunity during inflammation?
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Lymph nodes
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What type of lymphocytes are activated in response to inflammation, and contribute to acquired immunity?
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B and T lymphocytes
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