Cell Injury, Adaptation & Metabolic Storage Abnormalities

This topic covers the basic principles of cell injury and adaptation, including the causes, pathogenesis and morphology of cell injury. It also examines abnormalities of lipoproteinemia, glycogen infiltration, inflammati…

• Cell injury occurs when stress exceeds a cell's adaptive capacity.
• Hypoxia and ischaemia are the most common causes of cell injury.
• ATP depletion is the earliest and most reversible step in cell injury.

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