When planning care for the pregnant patient, the nurse will recall that the mammary glands en-large as a consequence of:
a. compensatory hyperplasia.
b. hormonal hyperplasia.
c. hormonal anaplasia.
d. compensatory anaplasia.
ANS: B
An increase in the mammary glands during pregnancy is a result of hormonal changes. The num-ber of mammary cells increases in response to increased hormone levels, not as a compensatory mechanism. Anaplasia is a reversal to less mature cells.
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