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Answer these questions

Question 1.

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  #2

K no need for opening the attachment.... here are the questions -----

QUESTION 1
A donor liver arrives in New York from Chicago 7 hours after harvest. A biopsy is performed on arrival to check for ischemic injury. The sensitive oxidase P450 system is very susceptible to ischemia. In which of the following regions of the liver is this system located?
A. Bile ducts
B. Intermediate zone
C. "Ito" cells
D. Pericentral vein zone
E. Periportal zone

QUESTION 2
A 52-year-old castrated male is injured in a car accident in which he receives a direct blow to his bladder and prostate. To evaluate the damage to the prostate gland, a biopsy is taken. For the treatment of the patient, the clinician needs to determine whether the changes observed are consistent with post-traumatic necrosis or represent post-castration changes. Which of the following features characterizes the specific changes that would be seen in the prostrate gland after castration?
A. Disaggregation of polyribosomes
B. Eosinophilia
C. Inflammation
D. Karyolysis
E. Peripheral aggregation of chromatin

Please answer with explanation.

  #3

First Q: i think answer is D

Second Q is somehow tricky...I would go with D

no gonads, no testostron, no DHT , no hormonal stimulation, atrophy in the prostate, loss of cells through apopotosis

  #4

First Q: i think answer is D

Second Q is somehow tricky...I would go with D and E

no gonads, no testostron, no DHT , no hormonal stimulation, atrophy in the prostate, loss of cells through apoptosis ...so u have signs of apoptosis

  #5

1.D

2. E


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  #6

keepgoing,


can u tell me why u would exclude karyolysis as an answer for the second question ? Thx

  #7

b/c karyolysis is necrosis change not apoptosis.


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