Hyperophy is a type of: (A) Cell injury, (B) Cellular adaptation, (C) Carcinoma, (D) Cell aging
Answer is B. Physiological adaptive responses include: * Hyperophy - increase in cell size * Hyperplasia - increase in number of cells * Atrophy - decrease in cell size and number * Metaplasia - reversible replacement of one cell type by another differentiated cell type Refer robbins 9/e p3