Pathophysiology

Apoptosis Answer A physiological, naturally occurring, programmed cell death, dismantles neutrophils Self destruction Deletes cells during embryonic development Nuclear and cytoplasmic shrinkage of cell. Necrosis Answer Tissue or cell death that is irriversible Hypoxia Answer What is the #1 major cause of cell injury leading to necrosis. Lack of oxygen. Hypertrophy Answer Increase in cell size Example of Physiologic hypertrophy Answer Myocardial cells increase in size due to endur...