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Cellular Growth Disorders
Definition of growth
Factors controlling cellular growth and differentiation
Characters of physiological growth
Abnormalities of cellular growth that are either
Excesses (hypertrophy and hyperplasia) or
Decreases which are either
Developmental (agenesis, aplasia and hypoplasia)
Acquired after full development (atrophy)
Abnormalities of cellular differentiation
It comprise metaplasia and dysplasia
Neoplasia
Hyperplasia
Definition, and etiology
Differences between hyperplasia and neoplasia
Types of hyperplasia
Physiological hyperplasia
Pathological
Compensatory hyperplasia
Hormonal hyperplasia
Reparative hyperplasia
Irritative hyperplasia
Hypertrophy
Definition and etiology
Types of hypertrophy
Physiological hypertrophy
Pathological hypertrophy
Adaptive hypertrophy
Compensatory
Agenesis, aplasia, and hypoplasia
Atrophy
Types
Physiological atrophy
Generalized
Localized
Pathological atrophy
Generalized
Localized
Characters of generalized atrophy
Metaplasia
Definition
Types
Epithelial metaplasia
Connective tissue metaplasia
Tumor metaplasia
Dysplasia
Definition
Characteristic features
Mechanism