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Why cells change? |
•Stress •abnormal cell function |
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Cellular changes ? |
•atrophy •hypertrophy •hyperplasia •metaplasia •dysplasia |
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Ateophy |
Decreases in cellular size |
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Hypertrophy |
Increase in cellular size which increased the organ size |
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Hyperplasia |
Increase in number of cells due to increased rate of cellular division |
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Metaplasia |
Reversible replacement of one mature cell type by another, sometimes less differentiated, cell type |
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Dysplasia |
"Atypical hyperplasia" abnormal changes in size, shape, and organization of mature cells. * can be reversible *chemicals, drugs, growth hormones * example: cervical cancer |
