A 64-year-old woman is involved in a motor vehicle accident and suffers multiple fractures of her right leg. The entire leg is immobilized in a cast for 6 months. Which of the following adaptive alterations would be expected in her calf muscle?
1) Metaplasia
2) Atrophy
3) Fibrosis
4) Hypertrophy
5) Hyperplasia



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