PATH 3610 Study Guide - Final Guide: Collateral Circulation, Fibronectin, Enterocyte

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Pathology
• Course: PATH 3610
• Professor: Andrew Vince

Document Summary

In the unit on inflammation, we discussed the outcomes of acute inflammation. Resolution (the ideal outcome) refers to the return to normal which will follow an uncomplicated acute inflammation. The tissue is restored to its original state, prior to the injury. If tissue damage was more extensive, some degree of regeneration (the replacement of necrotic parenchymal cells by new parenchymal cells of the same type), scarring, or a combination of the two may result from acute inflammation. Finally, we discussed abscess formation and its possible outcomes. In chronic inflammation, there has been considerably more tissue injury, so true resolution cannot really occur. Concurrently, the necrotic cells and inflammatory debris must be removed. Read the overview of tissue repair" in your textbook, found on p. 87. When parenchymal cells are lost, the adjacent surviving cells may undergo division to replace them.