Match the terms with the corresponding examples. Terms may be used more than once.
-Increases in the size of the uterus and breasts during pregnancy

Question

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Physiologic hypertrophy refers to the normal enlargement of an organ or tissue due to increased workload or stimulation, such as the increase in size of the uterus and breasts during pregnancy.

Answer: A
 Physiologic atrophy refers to the normal shrinkage of an organ or tissue due to natural aging or disuse, such as the decrease in size of the thymus gland during childhood and adolescence.

Answer: None of the choices
 None of the choices listed match with the given example of increases in the size of the uterus and breasts during pregnancy. These are not examples of atrophy, but rather hypertrophy due to increased workload/stimulation. Compensatory hyperplasia is not relevant to this example.

Therefore, the answer is none of the choices.

Match the Terms with the Corresponding Examples