Unmc patho exam 1 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The process of taking in and using food for growth, repair, and maintenance of the body includes ingestion, digestion, absorption, and metabolism : nutrition Inflammation : adaptive response of the body to injury or illness How many functions is the liver responsible for? : about 500 lobule : functional unit of the liver 2 hepatocyte : liver cells that produce and secrete bile bile : stimulates peristalsis and breaks down fats in intestine canaliculus : channels between hepatocy...

UNMC Patho Exam 1.

UNMC Patho 2 Exam 1

Neoplasm : "new growth" tumor neoplasm Does not obey laws : of normal cell growth neoplasm continue to grow : at the expense of the host cancer cells exhibit "autonomy" : independence from normal cellular controls Cancer cells are also "anaplasia" : loss of differentiation or specialization 2 Benign : are NOT called "cancer" - tissue of orgin + "oma" ex benign tumor of fat cells = LIPOMA Malignant : cancer Mal=bad are usually named cell differentiation : the normal pr...

UNMC Patho Exam 2 (1)

UNMC Patho 2 - Exam 1

UNMC Patho 2 Exam 1 (Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas, Carcinogenesis, Renal).

UNMC Patho 2 - Exam 1 (1

UNMC Patho Exam 2 (1)

Neoplasm : "new growth" tumor neoplasm Does not obey laws : of normal cell growth neoplasm continue to grow : at the expense of the host cancer cells exhibit "autonomy" : independence from normal cellular controls Cancer cells are also "anaplasia" : loss of differentiation or specialization 2 Benign : are NOT called "cancer" - tissue of orgin + "oma" ex benign tumor of fat cells = LIPOMA Malignant : cancer Mal=bad are usually named