Your Patient Wonders What Giant Cells Are and How They

question 47

Multiple Choice

Your patient wonders what giant cells are and how they form. You explain that giant cells

• A) are very large cells with a single nucleus; they are formed by the fusion of many neutrophils during a chronic inflammatory response.
• B) are macrophages that have large extensions in their cytoplasmic membranes which both increases their size and enhances their phagocytic ability.
• C) are any cells in body that have a diameter of greater than 10-3 m.
• D) are very large cells with multiple nuclei; they are formed by the fusion of many macrophages during a chronic inflammatory response.
• E) cells that have engulfed a large number of particles that get stored inside the cell, causing it to absorb water and swell.

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