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| Definition: Antemortem changes |
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| -changes that occur in tissues and cells prior to death of the animal (necrosis, hyperplasia, neoplasia, etc) |
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| Definition: Post mortem changes |
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| -changes that occur after death of the animal |
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| -breakdown of all or part of a cell or tissues by self-produced enzymes (aka autodigestion) |
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| -decomposition by bacterial enzymes |
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| -stiffening of muscles after death due to loss of ATP preventing muscles from relaxing |
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| Definition: Hypostatic congestion |
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| -gravitational pooling of blood on ventral portion of body after death causing a blue discoloration |
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| -the process of assimilating or taking in gluid |
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| Definition: Pseudomelanosis |
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| -dark pigmentation due to bacterial production of hydrogen sulfide in tissues after death |
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| -tissues show unhealthy pale appearance as they decompose |
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| Definition: Postmortem emphysema |
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| -gas formed by bacterial fermentation |
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| Definition: Postmortem clots |
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| -sludging of blood at the time of death |
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| Definition: Advanced decomposition |
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| -advanced time, decomposition becomes extensive such that holes develop in body walls, tissue dehydrates, and mummifies, and organs can decompose beyond recognition |
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| Definition: Intravascular Hydrostatic Pressure |
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| -pushes H2O out of circulation |
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| Definition: Intravascular Osmotic (Oncotic) Pressure |
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| -pulls H2O into circulation |
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| Definition: Extravascular (Interstitial) Hydrostatic Pressure |
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| -pushes H3O into circulation |
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| Definition: Extravascular (Interstitial) Osmotic (Oncotic) Pressure |
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| -pull H2O out of circulation |
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| -accumulation of excess fluid in the interstitium or body cavities |
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| Definition: Non-inflammatory edema |
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| -due to changes in starling equilibrium causing fluid accumulation in the interstitium |
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| Definition: Hypoproteinemia |
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| -decreased albumin synthesis in liver |
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| Definition: Lymphatic obstruction |
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| -swelling or blockage of lymph nodes |
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| Definition: Inflammatory edema |
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| -mediator-driven changes in vasculature allowing fluid leakage |
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| -generalized severe edema |
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| Definition: Hydropericardium |
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| -water in the pericardium |
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| Definition: Hydroperitoneum |
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-aka Ascites
-water in the peritoneum |
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| Definition: Pitting Edema |
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| -apply pressure to swollen area and indention persists for more than 30 seconds |
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| Definition: Dependent edema |
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-detectable increase in extracellular fluid volume localized to a specific area such as a limb
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| Definition: Periorbital edema |
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| -accumulation of extracellular fluid around the eye |
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| Definition: Pulmonary edema |
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| -accumulation of fluid in air spaces and parenchyma of lungs |
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| Definition: Interlobular edema |
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| -found commonly in ruminants due to well-developed interlobular septa |
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| Definition: Intercellular edema (spongiosis) |
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| -accumulation of fluid in the epidermis |
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| Definition: Hydrarthrosis (joint) |
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| -accumulation of effused watery fluid in a joint cavity |
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| -neurogenic or mediator driven arterial/arteriolar dilation |
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| -increase in blood due to reduced venous outflow |
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| Definition: Hemorrhage per diapedesis |
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| 0not an actual cut, this is inflamed vessel that slowly leaks blood |
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| Definition: Hemorrhage per rhexis |
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| -extravasation of blood due to a normal cut |
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| -free blood in the thorax |
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| Definition: Hemoperitoneum (hemoabdomen) |
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| -free blood in the abdomen |
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| Definition: Hemopericardium |
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| -free blood in the cardiac space |
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| Definition: Hemomediastinum |
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| -blood in the mediastinum |
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| Definition: Epistaxis (nasal) |
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-nosebleed
Definition: Hematuria (urinary tract) |
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| Definition: Hematuria (urinary tract) |
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| Definition: Hemoptysis (expectoration of blood) |
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| Definition: Hematemesis (vomition of blood) |
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| -small, pinpoint hemorrhages (a few millimeters) |
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| -hemorrhage larger than petechial, greater than 0.5cm |
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| -hemorrhave larger than the previous two |
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