Which of the following statements by a student demonstrates a sound understanding of the cellular processes of hypertrophy and hyperplasia?
A) "I know that cells like neurons have little capacity for hyperplastic growth."
B) "A remaining kidney can sometimes undergo hyperplasia in response to one that has been removed."
C) "When male patients experience 'an enlarged prostate,' they are describing a form of hypertrophy."
D) "Clients with cardiomyopathy undergo myocardial hypertrophy with proportional increases in cell length and width."

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Because they do not normally divide, neurons do not undergo hyperplasia. Remaining organs can display hypertrophy, not hyperplasia, and prostate enlargement is a form of hyperplasia. Cardiomyopathic hyperplasia involves greater increases in cell length than width.

Which of the Following Statements by a Student Demonstrates a Sound