After many years of cigarette smoking, a client is admitted to have a "mass" removed from the lung. When explaining the surgery and recovery, the physician notes that the client is likely to have a good amount of fibrosis develop at the surgical area. After the physician leaves the room, the client asks the nurse what was meant by "fibrosis" in the lung. The nurse bases the response on the fact that tissue repair can:


a) result in replacement tissue in the form of connective (fibrous) tissue which leads to scar formation or fibrosis of the lung.

b) be slowed in an aging adult and therefore may end up with part of the scar not being able to perform its normal function.

c) form an extracellular matrix (like a web) which is composed of connective tissue that ends up being scar tissue at the surgical site.

d) result with injured cells being replaced with cells of the same type.