Hispanic Native Healers (Curanderas)

question 6

Multiple Choice

Hispanic native healers (curanderas) :

• A) Are not heavily utilized by Hispanics who immigrate to the United States
• B) Use herbs and teas in their treatment of illness
• C) Provide unsafe advice to Hispanics and should not be trusted
• D) Need to be licensed in their home country in order to practice in the United States

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Definitions:

Protein Synthesis

The biological process by which cells generate new proteins from amino acids based on instructions encoded in DNA.

Template

A pattern or model used as a guide for making something.

TRNAs

Short for transfer RNAs; molecules that help decode a messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence into a protein during protein synthesis.

Anticodons

Sequences of three nucleotides in a transfer RNA molecule that are complementary to a specific codon in messenger RNA.