Inflammation

The process where leukocytes engulf and digest bacteria

• leukocytosis

• pathogenesis

• hydrostatic pressure

• phagocytosis

Disease causing microorganisms

• pathogens

• bacteria

• microbes

• monocytes

________ stimulates blood vessel vasodilation, causing increased blood flow during an area undergoing inflammation.

The inflammatory response can limit the infection to a small area of the body.

• True

• False

What type of immune response is inflammation?

• Specific

• Non-specific

What cell activates inflammation?

• Mast cells

• B cells

• T cells

• Plasma cells

List the stages of inflammation in correct order

• vascular, cellular, resolution

• cellular, vascular, resolution

• vascular, cellular, removal

What happens during the first stage of inflammation

• blood vessels become smaller

• blood vessels dilate and become more pearmable

• blood vessels swell and explode

The role of vasodialation is?

• increase blood flow = more cells to attack pathogens

• decrease blood flow to slow down bleeding

• to increase amount of histamine produced

Which cells would destroy extracellular pathogens?

• Neutrophils
• Erythrocytes
• Platelets
• Lymphocytes