02-26-2008, 02:56 PM
A 17-year-old adolescent receives whole body radiation as part of a preparatory regimen for bone marrow transplantation to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia. Which of the following cells and tissues in the body is most likely to remain unaltered by the effects of this therapeutic radiation?
A Ovarian follicles
B Small intestinal epithelium
C Erythropoietic cells of bone marrow
D Spermatogonia of testicular tubules
E Neurons of cerebral cortex
A Ovarian follicles
B Small intestinal epithelium
C Erythropoietic cells of bone marrow
D Spermatogonia of testicular tubules
E Neurons of cerebral cortex