Multiple choice

Which of the following terms refers to PCD?

  1. Apoptosis
  2. Necrosis
  3. Entosis
  4. Anoikis

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 1 and 4

  3. 2 and 3

  4. 2 and 4

  5. 3 and 4
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Apoptosis is the process of programmed cell death that may occur in multicellular organisms where biochemical events lead to characteristic changes in morphology of cell and death. These changes include blebbing, cell shrinkage, nuclear fragmentation, chromatin condensation and chromosomal DNA fragmentation. Anoikis is a form of programmed cell death which is induced by anchorage-dependent cells detaching from the surrounding extracellular matrix.

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