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leen
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05/04/06 - 11:40 PM

The lifestyle patterns of healthy persons from 20 to 30 years of age are studied. A subset of these persons have a lifestyle characterized by consumption of a lot of pizza and very little physical exercise. Which of the following tissue changes is most likely to develop in this subset of persons as a consequence of this lifestyle?

A Fatty metamorphosis of liver

B Pancreatic fat necrosis

C Fatty degeneration of myocardium

D Hypertrophy of steatocytes

E Metaplasia of muscle to adipose tissue

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05/04/06 - 11:47 PM

D?

long-term high-fat food consumption (cheese in pizza)?

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05/04/06 - 11:52 PM

D

Edited by doc179 on 05/05/06 - 01:21 PM

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05/05/06 - 07:04 AM

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05/05/06 - 09:55 PM

D. deposition of fat in adipose tissues from the high cho high fat diet

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