组织损伤本科病理学导论教学课件.ppt

* Enlarged size of the uterus in pregnancy is an excellent example of physiologic hypertrophy as well as hyperplasia. FIG 1-3 Physiologic hypertrophy of the uterus during pregnancy. A, Gross appearance of a normal uterus (right) and a gravid uterus (removed for postpartum bleeding) (left). B, small spindle-shaped uterine smooth muscle cells from a normal uterus (left) compared with large plump cells in gravid uterus (right). * This is cardiac hypertrophy involving the left ventricle. The number of myocardial fibers does not increase, but their size can increase in response to an increased wo