This deck is a comprehensive collection of flashcards covering the fundamentals of acute and chronic inflammation, chemical mediators, tissue repair, regeneration, and fibrosis, based on Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease.
🔹 What’s Inside:
Key definitions and mechanisms
Vascular and cellular events in inflammation
Roles of chemical mediators
Morphologic patterns of inflammation
Chronic inflammation & granulomatous response
Wound healing, repair, and fibrosis
Clinical correlations and important examples
🔹 Why Use This Deck?
Condenses Robbins into exam-oriented Q&A format
Balanced mix of conceptual understanding + memory aids
Ideal for MBBS/BHMS/MD pathology students
Helps in both theory exams & clinical application
This deck is best used alongside Robbins Pathology for active recall and spaced repetition to master one of the most high-yield topics in general pathology.
| Front | What are the two major classes of eicosanoids, and what acid are they derived from? |
| Back | Prostaglandins and leukotrienes, derived from arachidonic acid. |
| Front | What is the difference between classically (M1) and alternatively (M2) activated macrophages? |
| Back | M1 macrophages are induced by microbial products and IFN-γ and are pro-inflammatory, involved in killing microbes. M2 macrophages are induced by IL-4 and IL-13 and are involved in tissue repair and fibrosis (anti-inflammatory). |
| Front | What is inflammation? |
| Back | A protective response of vascularized tissues to infections and tissue damage that brings cells and molecules of host defense from the circulation to the sites where they are needed to eliminate the offending agents. |