NURS 209 PRACTICE QUESTIONS HESI PATHO BOOK WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
NURS 209 PRACTICE QUESTIONS HESI PATHO BOOK WITH CORRECT ANSWERS A decrease in workload, use, pressure, or blood supply appropriately describes: A. physiologic atrophy. B. pathologic atrophy. C. hypertrophy. D. hyperplasia. - CORRECT-ANSWERS B. pathologic atrophy. Pathologic atrophy is a decrease in cell size due to decreased use. Physiologic atrophy usually occurs early in development; for example, the thymus gland atrophies during childhood. Hypertrophy is an increase in cell size. Hyperplasia is an increase in the number of cells. The appropriate term for the reversible replacement of one mature cell by another is: A. metaplasia. B. hyperplasia. C. dysplasia. D. atypical hyperplasia. - CORRECT-ANSWERS A. metaplasia.
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