Inflammation
Overview
Inflammation is a complex immune response involving pain, redness, swelling, heat, and loss of function, essential for containing infections and repairing tissue. It involves vascular, respiratory, and cellular components, with immune cells interacting with endothelial cells to enter tissues, followed by a resolution phase crucial for healing and preventing chronic inflammation.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, students will be able to:
- name the five signs of inflammation.
- explain the difference between acute inflammation and chronic inflammation.
- describe the process of acute inflammation.
- name the types of chemicals released during inflammation.
Video Review
Watch the video: Inflammatory Response, Animation (5 minutes)
Activities
Question Set
The Inflammatory Process
Chapter Attributions
This chapter by Elisabeth Kehrli and Anil Kapoor is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license.
Media Attributions
Inflammatory Response, Animation by Alila Medical Media is licensed under the Standard YouTube license.
Interactive Activity Attributions
The interactive activities in this chapter are from Interactive Activities for Human Anatomy and Physiology by Open Education Lab, Ontario Tech University, and are licensed under a CC BY NC SA 4.0 license.