First manifestation in cell injury: (A) Pyknosis, (B) Cell swelling, (C) Nuclear fragmentation, (D) Nuclear lysis
Answer is B. Ans. (b) Cell swelling(Ref: Robbins 9th/pg 46; 8th/pg 12)Cloudy swellingQ - earliest morphological change in reversible cell injuryQ due to accumulation of water intracellularly