KROK 1 2021 – Question 14 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
After a myocardial infarction, the morphological intactness of the wall was restored in the patient. In this case, regeneration occurred because of the following tissue:
- A. Epithelial tissue
- B. Cross-striated muscle tissue
- C. Smooth muscle tissue
- D. Connective tissue
- E. Nervous tissue
Hint
Adult cardiomyocytes have very limited capacity to divide, so think about which tissue fills the defect and what the healed area becomes.
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