The drama of acute inflammation is usually played out within the microcirculation - arterioles, capillaries and venules - of vascularized connective tissue.
Essentially, there are four main stages:
There is a highly intertwined relationship between cellular elements and humoral elements. Feedforward and feedback mechanisms exist to govern the rate and extent of inflammation.
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