3. Inflammation - created from Mind Map

Description

Note on 3. Inflammation - created from Mind Map, created by sajedashah on 14/11/2013.
sajedashah
Note by sajedashah, updated more than 1 year ago More Less
sajedashah
Created by sajedashah over 11 years ago
sajedashah
Copied to Note by sajedashah over 11 years ago
100
0
1 2 3 4 5 (0)

Resource summary

Page 1

inflammation deals with infected organisms where they have entered the body sends out disttress signals to WBC's to come to the scene redness-due to vasodilation of blood vessels in the infected area to increase blood flow heat - result of increased blood flow swelling - extra blood forces fluid into the damaged tissues - allows immune cells from blood to get to site of infection pain - swollen tissues press on nerves

innate immunity is NOT only physical defenses

inflammation triggered by damaged cells phagocytes accumalate to increase rate at which bacteria and debris can be dealt with by phagocytosis ruptured local cells, mast cells and basophills release alarm chemicals such as histamines and kinins causes vasodilation attract other cells from blood to the area leads to signs of inflammation

3. Inflammation

Show full summary Hide full summary

0 comments

There are no comments, be the first and leave one below:

Similar

The Cone-Gatherers Quotes
shona.doyle10
Health and Social Care
NicoleCMB
Conceptos Generales De Robótica
fede ramos
GCSE CHEMISTRY UNIT 2 STRUCTURE AND BONDING
ktmoo.poppypoo
French diet and health vocab
caitlindavies8
AQA Biology B2 Questions
Sian Griffiths
How did the Cold War develop?
E A
NSI FINAL TEST
brahim matrix
Marketing and Distributing
Shannon Clarke
Answering Unseen Poetry questions
mcglynnsiobhan