★ Pathophysiology Quiz
A very clear example of this adaptive response occurs in heavy smokers when their pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium in the respiratory tract, changes to stratified squamous epithelium.
A. Atrophy
B. Hypertrophy
C. Hyperplasia
D. metaplasia
E. Dysplasia
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In this cellular adaptive response, one type of mature cell is replaced by another with more resistance to the stressor.
A. Atrophy
B. Hypertrophy
C. Hyperplasia
D. metaplasia
E. Dysplasia
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