PTA1030 Intro to Pathology

Atrophy is described as:

• The wasting away or decrease in size of a body part or tissue due to disease, injury, or lack of use.
• The inflammation or swelling of a body part or tissue due to disease, injury, or lack of use.
• The normal growth and development of a body part or tissue.
• The enlargement or increase in size of a body part or tissue due to disease, injury, or lack of use.

Dysplasia is known as:

• Degeneration of cells or tissues
• Inflammation of cells or tissues
• Abnormal growth or development of cells or tissues
• Uncontrolled cell division

Hyperplasia is known as:

• Increase in the number of cells in an organ or tissue
• Increase in the size of cells in an organ or tissue.
• Change in the shape of cells in an organ or tissue.
• Decrease in the number of cells in an organ or tissue.

Hypertrophy is known as:

• Cell division
• Cell shrinkage
• Cell enlargement
• Cell mutation

Neoplasm is known as:

• Tumor
• Lesion
• Cancer
• Growth