Question

The nurse practitioner is providing care for a patient with a diagnosis of cirrhosis, and he notes that the patient's sclerae are jaundiced. the nurse practitioner recalls that jaundice is caused by excess accumulation of bilirubin, a pigment that can accumulate in which part of the cell

Answer 1

The answer to the question above is CYTOPLASM. This is the part of the cell wherein the pigment, bilirubin, can accumulate. Bilirubin is actually one of the major components of bile along with bile acids. The manifestation of jaundice means that there is a retention of bilirubin. This pigmentation can then be accumulated at the cytoplasm. The cytoplasm is the part of the cell which comprises the more specific parts that are outside of the nucleus.