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Terminology and Definitions in Inflammation, Quizzes of Dental Radiology

Definitions for various terms related to inflammation, including erythema, exudate, fever, acute and chronic, atrophy, central and peripheral, chemotaxis, necrosis, phagocytosis, and microcirculation.

Typology: Quizzes

2010/2011

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TERM 1
Erythema
DEFINITION 1
REdness of the skin or mucosa
TERM 2
Exudate
DEFINITION 2
inflammatory fluid formed as a reaction to injury of tissues
and blood vessels
TERM 3
Fever
DEFINITION 3
an elevation of body temperature to greater than the normal
of 37C and 98.6F
TERM 4
Acute
DEFINITION 4
of short duration or of short and relatively severe course
TERM 5
Atrophy
DEFINITION 5
the decrease in size and function of a cell, tissue, organ, or
whole body
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Erythema

REdness of the skin or mucosa

TERM 2

Exudate

DEFINITION 2

inflammatory fluid formed as a reaction to injury of tissues

and blood vessels

TERM 3

Fever

DEFINITION 3

an elevation of body temperature to greater than the normal

of 37C and 98.6F

TERM 4

Acute

DEFINITION 4

of short duration or of short and relatively severe course

TERM 5

Atrophy

DEFINITION 5

the decrease in size and function of a cell, tissue, organ, or

whole body

Central

within bone

TERM 7

Chemotaxis

DEFINITION 7

the directed movement of WBC to the area of injury by

biochemical mediators

TERM 8

Chronic

DEFINITION 8

Persisting over a long time

TERM 9

Emigration

DEFINITION 9

the passage of WBC through the endothelium and wall of the

microcirculation into the injured tissue

TERM 10

Microcirculation

DEFINITION 10

Small blood vessels, including arterioles, capillaries and

venules, all of which can be affected by local changes as the

result of inflamation