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Author [[PageAuthor::Rim Halaby, M.D. [1]]]
Exam Type ExamType::USMLE Step 1
Main Category MainCategory::Biochemistry
Sub Category SubCategory::General Principles
Prompt [[Prompt::A researcher is studying the cell cycle in different tissue samples. Using rats, he obtains tissue samples from different sites and prepares the tissues for histopathological analysis. Based on the illustration below, which of the tissue sites will most abundantly contain cells in phase X?

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Answer A AnswerA::Hepatocytes
Answer A Explanation AnswerAExp::Hepatocytes are stable (quiescent) cells that undergo division only when stimulated.
Answer B AnswerB::Lymphocytes
Answer B Explanation AnswerBExp::Lymphocytes are stable (quiescent) cells that only undergo division only when stimulated.
Answer C AnswerC::Cardiac cells
Answer C Explanation AnswerCExp::Cardiac cells are permanent cells that do not undergo division.
Answer D AnswerD::Red blood cells
Answer D Explanation AnswerDExp::Red blood cells (RBCs) are permanent cells that lack nuclei and lack cell division. RBCs have a life span of 120 days and are normally cleared by the spleen. Several hematological diseases decrease the life span of RBCs.
Answer E AnswerE::Duodenal epithelial cells
Answer E Explanation AnswerEExp::Cells of the gut and skin epithelium are labile cells that are continuously dividing.
Right Answer RightAnswer::E
Explanation [[Explanation::

Phase X depicts mitosis or M phase of the cell cycle, which is the shortest, but the most active, phase of the life cycle. It is characterized by several stages: Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and finally telophase.Following mitosis, 2 cells are produced. Not all cells have the same pattern of cell cycle or the same rate of cell division. While labile cells, like the bone marrow cells, gut epithelial cells of the skin and the gut, hair follicular cells, and germ cells are highly active cells that continuously undergo division, other cells are stable unless stimulated, such as hepatocytes and lymphocytes, or even permanent remaining in G0 phase even if stimulated, like red blood cells, neurons, and cardiac cells.

Under histopathological analysis, labile cells that are continuously dividing are most likely to have cells undergoing mitosis at any given time.

Educational Objective: Gut epithelial cells are labile cells that are most likely to be undergoing division at any given time.
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