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define reperfusion injury - ANSWER -when blood flow is restored to ischemic
tissues, additional damage can occur resulting in cell death
proposed reasons for reperfusion injury (5) - ANSWER -1. oxidative stress
2. nitrogen-based free radicals
3. increased intracellular calcium
4. inflammation
5. complement activation
explain oxidative stress as it relates to reperfusion injury - ANSWER -
reoxygenation generates ROS and nitrogen species, which damages membrane
proteins and phospholipids
what four ROS are generated in oxidative stress? - ANSWER -1. Hydroxyl radical
2. superoxide radical ion
3. nitric oxide-derived peroxynitrite
4. hydrogen peroxide
what happens when nitrogen-based free radicals are formed in reperfusion injury?
- ANSWER -further damage to the cell membrane occurs and calcium overloads
the mitochondria
explain bilirubin - ANSWER -a pigment that is released when RBC break down --
> pigment is released into the bloodstream as unconjugated bilirubin, which cannot
be excreted into the urine --> taken up by the liver cells --> binds to glucuronic
acid --> becomes conjugated bilirubin, which can be excreted in the urine
two ways bilirubin leaves the liver cells - ANSWER -1. diffusion once bilirubin
concentration is high
2. some bilirubin becomes bile --> exits liver cell through hepatic duct/common
bile duct, then into the duodenum
three issues with hyperbilirubinemia - ANSWER -1. hemolytic jaundice
2. hepatocellular jaundice
3. obstructive jaundice
,explain hemolytic jaundice - ANSWER -excessive amounts of hemoglobin is
broken down, resulting in too much bilirubin in the bloodstream that cannot be
delivered to the liver cells
signs of hemolytic jaundice - ANSWER -yellow discoloration of the skin and
connective tissue
explain hepatocellular jaundice - ANSWER -normal amount of bilirubin, however,
liver cells do not function at either a) uptake, b) conjugation, or c) excretion
explain obstructive jaundice - ANSWER -hepatic/common bile duct is obstructed
resulting in conjugated bilirubin accumulating in the liver cell, resulting in more
bilirubin diffusing into the bloodstream than normal
pyknosis - ANSWER -clumping of the nucleus
kayrorrhexis - ANSWER -fragmentation of nuclear material
karyolysis - ANSWER -dissolution of nucleus
define autophagy - ANSWER -type 2 programmed cell death of "Eating of self"
list five types of necrosis - ANSWER -1. liquefactive
2. coagulative
3. caseous
4. fat
5. gangrenous
describe liquefactive necrosis - ANSWER -- dead cells transform into a viscous
liquid (pus)
- commonly the result of hypoxic injury to the CNS and in fungal/bacterial
infections
describe coagulative necrosis - ANSWER -- dead cells turn into opaque scar tissue
- localized area (infarct)
describe caseous necrosis - ANSWER -- "cheese like"
- commonly seen in granulomas and TB
describe fat necrosis - ANSWER -- trauma to high fat areas; lipolysis
, - common in breasts and pancreas
- opaque and chalky white
saponification - ANSWER -Process of soap formation in fat necrosis due to
lipases breaking down triglycerides --> release fatty acids --> combine with Ca,
Mg, and Na ions
describe gangrenous necrosis - ANSWER -- usually lower limb or gut with low
O2 (anaerobic bacteria)
- large areas of tissue death
three types of gangrene necrosis - ANSWER -1. dry
2. wet
3. gas
describe dry gangrene - ANSWER -- coagulative necrosis
- skin is dry, disheveled, and black
describe wet gangrene - ANSWER -- secondary to liquefactive necrosis
- cold, black, swollen, foul odor
describe gas gangrene - ANSWER -- Presence of clostridium
- soil-contaminated puncture wounds
- bubbles of gas in dead tissue
define cell necrosis - ANSWER -- irreversible injury
- rapid plasma membrane structure loss
- organelle swelling
- mitochondrial dysfunction
what happens in cell necrosis - ANSWER -- cell membrane is ruptured
- leakage of cell contents
- ATP is lost
- organelles swell
- severe mitochondrial damage
- local inflammation
define apoptosis - ANSWER -programmed cell death; not associated with
inflammation