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5 Cards in this Set
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INFLAMMATION
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-VASCULAR REACTION; NET RESULTS: DELIVERY OF FLUID, DISORLVED SUBSTANCES, AND CELLS FROM CIRCULATING BLOOD INTO INTERSTITIAL TISSUES IN AN AREA OF INJURY OR NECROSIS
-INFLAMMATION DOES NOT EQUAL INFECTION!! |
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FIVE CARDINAL SIGNS OF INFLAMMATION
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1. RUBOR (REDNESS)
2. CALOR (HEAT) 3. DOLOR (PAIN) 4. TUMOR (SWELLING) (5) FUNCTIO LAESA (ALTERED FUNCTION) |
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HYPEREMIA (CONGESTION)
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AS THE INFLAMMATORY REACTION BEGINS, THE ARTERIOLES SUPPLYING THE AREA DILATE AND ALLOW MORE BLOOD INTO THE LOCAL MICROCIRCULATION
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CHEMOTAXIS
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THE DIRECTION-ORIENTED MOVEMENT OF LEUKOCYTES INTO THE INTERSTICES OF INFLAMMED TISSUES AFTER TEHY EMIGRATE
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HISTAMINE
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THE MOST IMPORTANT VASOACTIVE AMINE
-CAPABLE OF PRODUCTING VASODILATION AND INCREASED VASCULAR PERMEABILITY |
