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Nursing 3366 Pathologic Processes:
Mechanisms of Defense & Alterations
Questions and Correct Answers the Latest
Update and Recommended Version
1st line of defense

✓ Immediate, non-specific physical barriers like skin and membranes.



Sjogren's syndrome

✓ An autoimmune disease causing dryness of body fluids.



2nd line of defense

✓ Immediate, non-specific inflammation involving mast cells, plasma proteins, and
phagocytes.



Mast cells

✓ Cells releasing histamine and other mediators in inflammation.



Acute phase reactants

✓ Plasma proteins increasing in response to inflammation.



Histamine

✓ Chemical mediator causing vasodilation and increased vascular permeability.



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Prostaglandins

✓ Lipid compounds with various hormone-like effects, including inflammation.



Leukotrienes

✓ Inflammatory mediators produced by mast cells and other cells.



Cytokines

✓ Proteins regulating inflammation, hematopoiesis, and immune responses.



Clotting cascade

✓ Sequential activation of clotting factors to stop bleeding.



Phagocytes

✓ Cells engulfing and digesting pathogens and cellular debris.



Neutrophils

✓ Most abundant type of white blood cells, crucial in inflammation.



Macrophages

✓ Large phagocytic cells involved in the detection and destruction of pathogens.



Sepsis



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