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What is the most important cause of cell injury?
What is the most important cause of cell injury?
- Hypoxia (correct)
- Excessive or prolonged normal stimuli
- Action of toxins inhibiting vital cell functions
- Deficiency of oxygen and/or essential nutrients and metabolites
What is the complete block in the oxygen supply called?
What is the complete block in the oxygen supply called?
- Anoxia (correct)
- Cellular swelling
- Hypoxia
- Oxidative phosphorylation
What are the hallmarks of reversible cell injury?
What are the hallmarks of reversible cell injury?
- Clumping of nuclear chromatin
- Reduced oxidative phosphorylation and depletion of energy stores (correct)
- Cellular swelling caused by changes in ion concentrations and water influx
- Detachment of ribosomes from the ER
In mild forms of injury, what are the functional and morphologic changes characterized by?
In mild forms of injury, what are the functional and morphologic changes characterized by?
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What is the relative deficiency of oxygen called?
What is the relative deficiency of oxygen called?
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