Question 1
What characterizes pathological hyperplasia?
Question 2
What can be the consequence of prolonged metaplasia adaptation?
Question 3
Which cellular adaptation does not involve new cells but rather larger cells?
Question 4
What mechanism primarily contributes to atrophy?
Question 5
What is increased cell number leading to the enlargement of an organ or tissue called?
Question 6
What term describes a decrease in cell size and/or number leading to reduced organ size?
Question 7
Which type of atrophy involves physiological changes in the thymus later in life?
Question 8
Pathological hypertrophy in the heart is often due to which conditions?
Question 9
What term defines the replacement of one differentiated cell type by another?
Question 10
What type of cellular adaptation involves an increase in cell size leading to an increase in organ size?
Question 11
Which growth factor is associated with hypertrophy caused by hormone stimulation or increased functional demands?
Question 12
Which condition is an example of pathological hyperplasia?
Question 13
Which form of hyperplasia involves an increase in breast tissue during pregnancy?
Question 14
What type of hypertrophy would be an increase in muscle size from body-building?
Question 15
Which pathways are associated with signal transduction in hypertrophy?