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