KROK 1 2019 – Question 20 · KROK (Medicine) · Histology, Cytology, and Embryology
Long-term taking of medicines can affect cells of the liver. Particularly, it can cause marked hypertrophy of agranular endoplasmic reticulum due to the following function of this organelle:
- A. Formation of maturation spindle
- B. Protein synthesis
- C. Intracellular digestion
- D. Nucleic acid synthesis
- E. Detoxication of harmful substances
Hint
Ask what the smooth, ribosome-free membranes of hepatocytes do, and why their amount would adapt to chronic exposure to medicines.
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