With Respect to Prenatal Development, Teratogens _____

question 63

Multiple Choice

With respect to prenatal development, teratogens _____.

• A) increase the risk of prenatal abnormalities
• B) decrease the risk of prenatal abnormalities
• C) always cause prenatal abnormalities
• D) never cause prenatal abnormalities

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Definitions:

Psychoactive Drug

A substance that changes brain function and results in alterations in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, or behavior.

Pupils Constricted

The physiological condition where the circular muscle, located in the iris of the eye, tightens, making the pupil opening smaller, often in response to light or other factors.

Heroin

An illegal, highly addictive opioid drug processed from morphine, commonly used as a narcotic producing euphoria.

Sympathetic Nervous System

Part of the autonomic nervous system responsible for the body's 'fight or flight' response to stress.