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aml
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07/17/07 - 09:56 AM

Charecteristic feature common to adrenal cortical cells and interstitial cells of Leydig is the presence of extensive:

a) number of centrioles during S phase of the cycle.
b) number of secondary lysosomes
c) smooth ER
d) phagosomes
e) coated pinocytic vesicles

doc179
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07/17/07 - 09:58 AM

I think its smooth endoplasmic ret.

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07/17/07 - 10:18 AM

both cells secrete steroids ... so i think its C too

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07/17/07 - 01:27 PM

doc179 wrote:
I think its smooth endoplasmic ret.

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07/17/07 - 01:38 PM

Thank God this made sense..........Where are u getting these from AML? U want me to die of a heart attack? raised eyebrow

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07/19/07 - 09:25 AM

I think c

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07/20/07 - 11:49 AM

No heart attacks. Just kidding. I found some of these while going through consice histo CD-Bloom & Fawcett. Just put the hard once out here so that all r aware. This q was stressed on Kaplan Vid's.
YOU ALL ARE RIGHT.
The correct answer is C as steroid producing cells have abundant sER

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