prac 1

• aetiology of benign prostatic hyperplasia

  trophic actions of hormones
• physiological hyperplasia

  breast and thyroid during puberty and pregnancy
• pathogenesis of atrophy

  decreased synthesis of cellular building blocks and increased break down of cellular organelles or cell death
• tall columnar epithelium lines the endocervical canal and glands
• stratified squamous epithelium lines the vagina and ectocervix
• metaplasia is reversible
• pathogenesis of fat necrosis

  inappropriate release of pancreatic lipases, causing pancreatitis