How Does Estradiol Stimulate the Growth of Breast Cancer Cells

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Multiple Choice

How does estradiol stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells?

• A) Estradiol is a toxin, and all toxins stimulate the growth and spread of cancer.
• B) Estradiol is a damaged estrogen that stimulates the growth of damaged cell.
• C) Estradiol binds to breast cancer cell receptors as well as receptors found in other parts of the body.
• D) Once a woman reaches adulthood, estradiol has no purpose in the body and so it causes breast cancer.
• E) All of the above statements about estradiol are true.

Calculate p-values and interpret their significance in the context of hypothesis testing.

Distinguish between one-tailed and two-tailed tests and apply them appropriately to hypothesis testing situations.

Understand the motivations and contributions of key figures in the progressive era.

Grasp the different areas of reform and activism during the progressive era, including urban, racial, and women’s issues.

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Definitions:

Axon

The axon is a long, slender projection of a neuron that conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body toward other neurons or to muscles or glands.

Cell Body

The spherical part of a neuron that contains the nucleus and connects to the dendrites, which receive messages, and the axon, which sends them.

Axon

A long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that typically conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

Dendrites

Dendrites are the branched projections of a neuron that act to conduct the electrochemical stimulation received from other neural cells to the cell body, or soma, of the neuron from which the dendrites project.