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Cell membrane
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Plasma membrane: separates intracellular from extracellular fluid compartments
Semipermable Lipid bilayer with hydrophilic exterior and hydrophobic interior. |
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Hypertrophy
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Represents an increase in cell size and with it and increase in the amount of fuctioning tissue mass
Ex: skeletal, cardiac tissue with exercise or secondary to dx enlarge heart |
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Atrophy
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decrease in cell size decrease in oxygen consumption and cellular function. secondary to
-disuse -denervation -loss of endocrine stimulation -inadequate nutrition -ischemia or decreased blood flow |
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Hyperplasia
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An increase in the number of cells n an organ or tissue.
Ex: Breast or uterine enlargements during pregnancy from estrogen stim |
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Dysplasia
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deranged cell growth of a specific tissue that results in cells that vary in size, shape, and organization.
Associated with: inflammation, |
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Metaplasia
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Reversible change in which one adult cell type is replaced by another adult cell type. Switching cells that are better able to survive in current conditions. Reprogramming of undifferentiated stem cells. Ex: smokers trachea cells because of chronic irratation.
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