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What is the main difference between transudate and exudate?
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Exudate is used in inflammation, transudate is a normal process.
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What are PMN?
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Polymorphous neutrophils
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Neutrophils are classified as ________, which has lysosomes (they are ridch in hydrolytic enzymes)
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granulocytes
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Neutrophils are dependent on ________.
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chemotaxis
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What is the major cell types in the early stages of acute inflammation?
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Neutrophils
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What is the major component of inflammation at about 24-48 hours?
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Monocytes and macrophages
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What enhances binding of an antigen due to actions of complement or antibodies?
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opsonization
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What is mainly seen in longstanding (chronic) inflammatory lesions and in allergy or in some parasitic inflammations?
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Eosinophils
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When do eosinophils appear?
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about 2-3 days after PMN
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Eosinophils secrete a substance that can ________some actions of basophils/mast cells
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neutralize
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What appears later on in acute phases and is the first cell type in viral infections?
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lymphocytes
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What is not a granulocyte and matures at the site of inflammation
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monocyte
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Monocytes turn into ________ in tissue
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macrophages
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What WBC has common features with mast cells?
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basophil
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What has no role in the inflammation process but might get sucked into the combat zone?
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RBC
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