Hypoxia and Medicine

Which type of cell supports the longest periods of ischemia before suffering irreversible damage?

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1. I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but it might be red blood cells. It sounds odd to think of RBCs being ischemic, but I think they can be stored in airtight bags for several days after they are donated and before they are transfused. Ergo, they would be ischemic for days, and then resume their proper function after they were put into a new body. But that might be a risky answer to give a teacher, unless it was specifically discussed in class. Other than that I would guess any of the cell types found in your limbs = they can be cut off and reattached, and would be ischemic that whole time. So that would be skin, fat, muscle, bone, hair follicle cells, fibroblasts, the linings of the blood vessels, etc. I suppose the best thing to do would be to look in your book and see what it says, or to remember what was said in class and see what makes sense in that context.