🩺 Nursing Question of the Day
Challenge yourself with one exam-style nursing question every day.
✅ Think carefully • ✅ Choose your answer • ✅ Then scroll down to check the explanation.
📝 Today’s Question:
A patient with defective collagen synthesis is most likely to experience which primary consequence related to connective tissue?
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🧬 Collagen Synthesis & Connective Tissue
B. Impaired hormone release
C. Loss of pigment in skin
D. Poor nerve conduction
✅ Answer: (A) Weakened structural support in tissues
📖 What is Collagen?
Collagen is the major structural protein found throughout the body’s connective tissues.
It provides strength, support, and structural integrity to many tissues, including:
- 🦴 Bones
- 🦵 Tendons and ligaments
- 🧴 Skin
- 🩸 Blood vessel walls
- 🫁 Various connective tissue structures
🩺 Why is Option A Correct?
If collagen synthesis is defective, the body cannot produce normal amounts or properly functioning collagen fibers.
Because collagen provides tensile strength and structural support, defective collagen can make connective tissues weaker and less resistant to mechanical stress.
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Abnormal/weakened collagen fibers
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🧱 Reduced tissue strength
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Weakened structural support
👉 Therefore, weakened structural support in tissues is the best answer.
📖 Why is Collagen Important?
Think of collagen as part of the body’s internal structural framework. It helps tissues withstand stretching and mechanical stress.
When collagen is defective, structures that depend on connective tissue may become fragile, weak, or excessively flexible.
Collagen = Strength + Support + Structure
So:
Defective collagen → Weak connective tissue
❌ Why Are the Other Options Wrong?
A. Weakened structural support in tissues
✅ Correct. Collagen is a major structural component of connective tissue and provides strength and support.
B. Impaired hormone release
❌ Hormone synthesis and release are primarily functions of the endocrine system. Collagen is not the primary structural protein responsible for hormone secretion.
C. Loss of pigment in skin
❌ Skin pigmentation is primarily related to melanin produced by melanocytes. It is not primarily dependent on collagen synthesis.
D. Poor nerve conduction
❌ Nerve conduction depends mainly on the structure and function of neurons, axons, myelin, and ion channels rather than collagen synthesis.
📝 Quick Comparison
| Structure/Function | Main Association |
|---|---|
| Collagen | Strength and structural support |
| Melanin | Skin pigmentation |
| Myelin | Facilitates nerve conduction |
| Hormones | Endocrine signaling |
“Collagen = Connective tissue strength.”
🧬 Defective collagen → 🧱 Weak structural support
📌 Exam Tip: When you see defective collagen synthesis, immediately think of weak connective tissue and reduced structural strength.
Concept clarity • Easy recall • Nursing success
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