Inflammatory Response

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Lymphatic and Immunity Mind Map on Inflammatory Response, created by kathrynmoar on 23/10/2013.
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Inflammatory Response
  1. initiated by chemical mediators
    1. produce vasodilation
      1. chemotactic attraction
        1. increase vascular permeability
          1. allows entry of fibrinogen and complement
            1. fibrinogen - fibrin
        2. Types
          1. Local
            1. confined to specific area of body
              1. redness, swelling, loss of function
              2. Systemic
                1. many parts of body
                  1. increase in neutrophil numbers released from bone marrow
                    1. fever due to pyrogen production
                      1. increased vascular permeability due to histamines.
                        1. plasma enters interstitial spaces = shock

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