How does acute inflammation differ from that of chronic inflammation?

The inflammatory response is a part of your innate immune system that responds to infection and injury. In this video, you'll learn about the process of inflammation and what happens when it becomes chronic.

This lesson will discuss the differences between antisepsis, disinfection, and sterilization as well as some of the methods used for sterilization and antiseptic compounds you may have used yourself.

The skin has the power to heal itself, but this healing process usually produces a fluid known as exudate. In this lesson, you'll learn about the various types of exudate and what each reveals about the health of a wound.

Blood contains three types of cells that carry oxygen, fight infection and stop bleeding. In this lesson, learn what these cells look like and how they function.

Once you're done with this lesson on alpha and beta adrenergic receptors, you'll be able to explain why people carry around epinephrine auto-injectors in case of emergency.

This lesson describes what a catecholamine is and what receptors it binds. It will also detail the function(s) of catecholamines within the human body.

Not everything gets to go through a full life cycle. This is true even in cells. Complete this lesson to learn about a form of cell death called necrosis. We'll outline the six different types, their possible causes, and the resulting tissue changes.

Forces known as hydrostatic pressure and oncotic pressure help to increase and decrease your glomerular filtration rate. Find out what the GFR is and how these forces influence it.

Eicosanoids are often thought of as local hormones. They have a variety of effects on your body. In this lesson, you will learn about the functions of three important eicosanoids: prostaglandins, thromboxanes, and leukotrienes.

This lesson will talk about the common distinctions between malignant and benign tumors. We'll discuss how they may look or feel and how it is that they may look differently under the microscope as well.

Ineffective tissue perfusion results from inadequate blood flow to an area's tissues. This lesson will define the condition, cover risk factors that can lead to ineffective tissue perfusion, and identify symptoms.

A therapeutic nurse-patient relationship is a supportive interaction that moves a patient toward wellness. It's based on trust, respect, interest, and empathy. Learn how to use these components to move patients through each phase of the relationship.

In this lesson, we'll use football to learn about cellular receptors in biology and how they work. We'll find out what receptors are, where we can find them, and why they're so important to the human body.

This lesson is on the role of glucose in cellular respiration. In this lesson, we'll explain what cellular respiration is and what we need to start with to get the end products. We'll specifically look at the importance of glucose in this process.

Liquids can be tricky to measure because surface tension causes them to do interesting things like forming a meniscus. In this video lesson you'll learn what a meniscus is, why it forms, and how to correctly read the volume of a liquid using the meniscus at the surface.

Blood pressure in your blood vessels is closely monitored by baroreceptors; they send messages to the cardio regulatory center of your medulla oblongata to regulate your blood pressure minute-by-minute. In this lesson, you will learn how baroreceptors regulate your short-term blood pressure.