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Atrophy - Answer (condition not adaptation) decrease in cell size. may be result in complete loss of cells. caused by disease or ischemia (reduce blood supply - reduced o2 and glucose to tissues - cellular shrinkage and death. Hypertrophy - Answer increase in mass of cell, but not the number of cells. increase in the number of muscle proteins (not fluid) to allow muscle fibers to do more work. Hyperplasia - Answer increase in the number of cells of a tissue or organ from ...

Pain - Answer A complex interaction between physical, cognitive, spiritual, emotional, and environmental factors Gate control theory - Answer -A pain control theory -A-delta and C fibers open the gate, other sensations may close the gate Neuromatrix theory - Answer - A pain control theory -Brain produces patterns of nerve impulses drawn from various inputs including genetic, psychologic, and cognitive experiences Pain perception - Answer Conscious awareness of ...

Types of bone fractures - Answer -Pathological -Stress Pathological Bone Fracture - Answer -Bone breaks due to an underlying disease that has weakened the bone -Cancer and osteoporosis are examples Stress Bone Fracture - Answer -Bone placed under extreme or unusual forces -Motor vehicle accident, falls, sports injuries are examples Bone Fracture Classification - Answer -Open -Closed -Comminuted -Linear -Oblique -Impacted -Spiral -Transverse -Greenstick...

Substantia Gelatinase - Answer Cells in the gray matter of the dorsal spinal cord that act as a pain gate. What fibers open the "pain gate"? - Answer A-delta and C *Someone turn the AC on, this heat has me in pain Affective-motivational system - Answer Individual's emotional response to pain (mediated through reticular formation limbic system, and brain stem) cognitive-evaluative system - Answer overlies the individual's learned behavior concerning t...

What are the 8 major cellular functions? (2M, 2R, 2C, an E and an S) - Answer Movement Metabolic Absorption Conductivity Communication Respiration Reproduction Excretion Secretion Movement example? - Answer Muscle cells can generate forces that produce motion EG skeletal and smooth muscle - the contraction of smooth muscle cells surrounding blood vessels changes the diameter of the vessel - contraction of muscles in the bladder when the urge to go to the toilet happens. ...

What is the hematological system responsible for? - Answer Creating the "formed elements" of the blood and lymphatic systems including RBC, WBC, and platelets hematopoiesis - Answer The process of creating mature, functional formed elements Increased RBCs - Answer polycythemia Decreased RBCs - Answer anemia Increased WBCs - Answer leukocytosis, leukemia Decreased WBCs - Answer Leukocytopenia Increased platelets - Answer thombocyto...

Signs and symptoms of cretinism include... - Answer short stature, lethargy, and mental retardation Which of the following signs and symptoms would manifest in a patient in thyrotoxin crisis? - Answer tachycardia and agitation Transient ischemic attack is to stroke as angina pectoris is to: - Answer myocardial infarction acromegaly is often associated with - Answer nerve entrapment syndromes The cardiac dysrhythmia most likely to result in a sustainable, chron...

Why do cells change? - Answer to adapt to a new environment, to escape & to protect themselves Do cells adapt specifically or unspecific ally? - Answer specifically What are the specific ways that cells adapt? - Answer muscle vs epithelium, nerves, & connective tissue Can cellular adaptation be a pathological response, functional response, or both? - Answer both What is atrophy? - Answer decrease in cell size Can atrophy result in the complete loss of...

what are the steps in forming pulmonary edema from heart disease? - Answer 1. congestive heart failure 2. Increased pressure in Left atrium 3. Increased pressure in pulm. capillaries 4. pulm. edema what disease happens when granulomas are formed when neutrophils and macrophages "wall off" organisms they can't ingest? - Answer tuberculosis what is it called when alveoli are deflated? - Answer atelectasis what is a common cause of duodenal ulcers? - Answer ...

Cellular Adaption - Answer Adapt to new environment, escape, or protect themselves Atrophy - Answer decrease in cell size Hypertrophy - Answer increase in the mass of cells Hyperplasia - Answer increase in the number of cells Metaplasia - Answer changing the way the cell looks, usually changes to a hypertrophied or hyperplastic. Smoking Dysplasia - Answer change to an abnormal cell, not normal & not found in the body, (sometimes called atypical ...