Which of the Following Explains Why One Major Scientific Discovery

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which of the following explains why one major scientific discovery would have limited the number of deaths from the 1918 flu epidemic?

• A) antiviral medications that would have treated secondary bacterial infections
• B) antibiotics that would have limited the viruses' ability to replicate itself
• C) antibiotics that would have treated secondary bacterial infections
• D) All of the answers are correct.
• E) None of the answers are correct.

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Definitions:

Small-molecule Neurotransmitters

Chemical substances used by neurons to communicate with each other across synapses, including amino acids, monoamines, and acetylcholine.

Glycine

An amino acid neurotransmitter in the central nervous system that primarily inhibits or decreases the activity of neurons.

Renshaw Loop

A neurological feedback circuit within the spinal cord involving Renshaw cells that helps modulate motor neuron activity.

Interneuron

Association cell interposed between a sensory neuron and a motor neuron; in mammals, interneurons constitute most of the brain’s neurons.