Inflammation is a vital part of the immune system's response to injury and infection. It is the body's way of signaling the immune system to heal and repair damaged tissue or protecting against foreign threats. Just how much did you understand about inflammation? Take the inflammation MCQ`s below and find out!
Ischemia
Edema of the dermis
Vasodilation of blood vessels in dermis
Infiltration of neutrophils
Bradykinin
Altered plasma oncotic pressure
Increased arterial hydrostatic pressure
Increased vascular permeability
Lymphatic obstruction
Venous obstruction
A small area of pre-scar tissue containing new capillaries and fibroblasts
A small area containing pus made up of apoptotic PMNs with liquefactive necrosis
An accumulation of granulocytes including neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils
An accumulation of WBCs that fight persistent bacterial infections
Lymphocytes and macrophages
An area of caseous necrosis
Any area of coagulative necrosis
Neutrophils, lymphocytes,& plasma cells
An acute inflammatory infiltrate of PMNs
Inflammatory lymphadenopathy
Reactive lymphadenopathy
Lymphangitis
Abscess
Lymphadenitis
Serous inflammation
Fibrinous inflammation
Fibrino-purulent inflammation
Suppurative inflammation
Increased numbers of leukocytes
Hageman factor activation
Increased serum acute phase reactants
The action of complement
Accumulation of blood-borne pyrogens
Adenosine diphosphate
Polypeptide
RNA
Lipopolysaccharide
Cytochrome oxidase
Complete resolution
Metastasis of the lesion
Replacement by macrophages
Scarring and calcification
Progression to chronic inflammation
2 minutes
2 hours
2 days
2 weeks
2 months
Cell-mediated hypersensitivity
Complement fixation
Local histamine release
PMNs releasing degradative enzymes
Suppurative inflammation
Lymphokines
Histamine
Bradykinin
Complement
Chemotaxis
Emigration
Hemostasis
Margination
Phagocytosis
Activation of easinophils
Degranulation of mast cells
Extrusion of enzymes from macrophages
Release of bacterial toxins
Release of hydrolases from neutrophils