Inflammation- The Basics

What are the 2 main aims of the inflammation response?

What happens when inflammatory chemicals are released by damaged cells?

What chemical is released from damaged tissues (more specifically, mast cells) in the first stage of the inflammation process.

Once capillaries become leaky, what cells enter the tissues

Name the phagocytic cells

Phagocytes destroy pathogens and dead cells

Phagocytes move out of the blood in three stages. Select the first stage and its definition

Diapedesis- the squeezing of phagocytes through the capillary wall

What happens in the final stage of phagocytosis

After inflammation, the goal is to repair the tissue with scar tissue

Fever- abnormally high body temperature

Name the two causes of fever

Phagocytes are platelets

When tissue is damaged for example a poke in the skin with a nail, [blank_start]bacteria[blank_end] is released in the interstitial fluid. The tissue cells immediately release chemical messengers and mast cells release [blank_start]histamines[blank_end]. When these chemical messengers are released the [blank_start]capillary endothelial cells[blank_end] become larger and more further apart (called [blank_start]vasodilation[blank_end]) and this also causes blood flow to increase (increased vascular permeability). [blank_start]Phagocytes[blank_end] (white blood cells) are released from the capillaries (emigration of white blood cells). These white blood cells begin to [blank_start]engulf[blank_end] the bacteria and dead cells and platelets then move out of the capillary to seal the wounded area.

What are the 3 stages (basic components) of the inflammatory process: 1. [blank_start]Vasodilation[blank_end] 2. [blank_start]Increased vascular permeability[blank_end] 3. [blank_start]Emigration of white blood cells[blank_end]

What are the 5 symptoms of inflammation?