Which of the following groups of cells are correctly ranked in order of radiosensitivity beginning with the most sensitive?
a. Muscle, brain, red blood, white blood
b. Reproductive, bone, nerve, muscle
c. Brain, bone, connective tissue, white blood
d. Red blood, bone, muscle, epithelial
b. The more specialized a cell is, the more radioresistant it is. The exceptions to this law are white blood cells (lymphocytes) and reproductive cells (oocytes), which do not divide and are very specialized, and yet are radiosensitive.
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