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82 year old woman comes to the physician because of constant sever lower abdominal pain and fever for 24 hours. Laparoscopic examination shows severe diverticulosis and perforated diverticulitis. Inspite of appropriate therapy, she dies 2 days later. Her liver at autospy is shown. Which of the following is the primary component of the material shown on the hepatic surface?
a. collagen, type 1
b. collagen type III
c. fibrin
d. fibronectin
e.proteoglycans
what did the picture look like? i think its A, because the other choices don't fit at all...but im not able to understand what the liver has to do with diverticulitis...
Ans.C it was the glisson's capsule if i still remember