What is hyperplasia?
Correct Answer: Increase in cell number
Description: 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 Hyperplasia is common in cells capable of replication namely labile cells / stable cells or stem cells Reference robbins page no 2.
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