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Caryn is a smoker with a 12-year history of smoking a half-pack of cigarettes daily. As a result, her respiratory epithelium has undergone metaplasia. She is concerned about the threat of cancer. She asks if the metaplasia is reversible if she stops smoking now. You tell her that:_____________

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Answer:

Cells with metaplasia often return to their normal state when the irritation is removed.

Explanation:

Metaplasia is potentially a reversible stage which emphasizes adaptation to the environment.

In this type of cellular adaptation , a cell type sensitive to a particular environmental stress is replaced by another cell able to withstand the adverse environment.

If the irritation causing the metaplasia ceases or is removed, tissues return to their normal pattern of differentiation.

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