Cellular Adaptation

At the end of this lecture student should be able to:

• Define the terms Atrophy, Hypertrophy, Hyperplasia and Metaplasia.
• List the causes for each of the above giving examples for physiological as well as pathological causes.
• Define the term dysplasia,
• Describe the morphology of dysplasia and its clinical significance.
• Compare and contrast atrophy, hypertrophy, hyperplasia, metaplasia and dysplasia from one another.