A Patient Asks the Nurse If It Is Possible to Grow

question 29

Multiple Choice

A patient asks the nurse if it is possible to grow new skin. What is the nurse's most appropriate response?

• A) "Even if new skin growth is required, the melanocytes do not regenerate."
• B) "The avascular epidermis sheds slowly and is replaced completely every 4 weeks."
• C) "The outer layer of skin remains the same over the lifetime except for repairing injuries."
• D) "Epidermal regeneration is impossible because it is avascular."

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Definitions:

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