PATH 3610 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Agranulocyte, Pus, Exudate

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By the end of this unit you should be able to: Describe the purpose of the acute inflammatory response. Describe the role vascular changes, cellular responses, and chemical mediators have in the acute inflammatory response. Describe how and why inflammatory exudate form, and the differences between the various types of exudate. Describe the differences between granulocytes and mononuclear cells and their role in inflammation. Describe the possible local and systemic outcomes of acute inflammation. Describe how and why chronic inflammation develops and what characterizes the different types of chronic inflammation. Describe how chronic inflammation develops in response to non-antigenic agents such as foreign material. Describe the significance of amyloid deposition in tissues. Tissue injury: tissue injury leads to inflammation, some examples include: cuts, bruises, sprains, sunburn, fractures, skin reactions from irritating lotions, insect bites, poison ivy, infection such as pimples and boils etc. Injury of mast cells results in degranulation" which releases histamine.

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