Paper I — 2024 December (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) — Qvii

Paper I

2024 December (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) · 100 marks · 180 min

Question

Examples for hypertrophy includes

1. Body builders
2. Myometrium of pregnant uterus
3. Fibroadenoma
4. Left ventricle in Hypertension a) 1, 2, 3 b) 2, 3, 4 c) 3, 4, 1 d) 1, 2, 4

• a) 1, 2, 3
• b) 2, 3, 4
• c) 3, 4, 1
• d) 1, 2, 4

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Answer

For general reference: classic examples of physiological/pathological hypertrophy include the enlarged left ventricle in systemic hypertension, skeletal muscle hypertrophy from exercise/weight training, the physiologically enlarged uterus in pregnancy (which also involves hyperplasia), and compensatory hypertrophy of the remaining kidney after unilateral nephrectomy.

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