A research laboratory is investigating the mechanisms of ischemic injury in myoc

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A research laboratory is investigating the mechanisms of ischemic injury in myocardial infarction. Chemical agents that block the electron transport chain and inhibit oxidative phosphorylation are found to induce the formation of blebs on the surface of cultured myocytes.This pathologic change is believed to represent a sign of underlying cytoplasmic injury. Which of the following cellular components plays the most important role in the formation of blebs?

cytoskeleton nucleus ribosomes glgi apparatus smooth endoplasmic reticulum

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Cytoskeleton

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