PATHOLOGY MCQ
INFLAMMATION
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Caliente, rubarbo, tamar, dola, functioner
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Caliente, rubor, tumor, dola, functioner
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Calor, rubor, tumor, dolor, functio laesa
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Calor, rubarbo, tamar, dolor, functio laesa
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Detailed explanation-1: -This assonant phrase refers to the heat (calor), pain (dolor), redness (rubor), and swelling (tumor) that characterize the clinical symptoms of inflammation as they were defined in the first century AD by the Roman scholar Celsus.
Detailed explanation-2: -Based on visual observation, the ancients characterised inflammation by five cardinal signs, namely redness (rubor), swelling (tumour), heat (calor; only applicable to the body’ extremities), pain (dolor) and loss of function (functio laesa).
Detailed explanation-3: -Tumor, calor, rubor, and dolor describe four cardinal signs of inflammation. The fifth-functio laesa, or loss of function-was promulgated by Rudolf Virchow, who, in the 19th century, also noted an intricate link between inflammation and cancer.
Detailed explanation-4: -Redness. Heat. Swelling. Pain. Loss of function. 23-Nov-2010