Inflammation and Pain Caused by Injury Results from the Production

question 10

Multiple Choice

Inflammation and pain caused by injury results from the production of molecules called prostaglandins.Aspirin and other anti-inflammatories work by binding to the active site of an enzyme that produces the prostaglandins, thus preventing their synthesis.What type of molecule is aspirin?

• A) a cofactor
• B) a substrate
• C) a competitive inhibitor
• D) a noncompetitive inhibitor
• E) a coenzyme

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Definitions:

Probability Density Function

A mathematical function that indicates how likely it is for a random variable to adopt a particular value.

Exponential Distribution

A probability distribution used to model the time between events in a Poisson process, where events occur continuously and independently at a constant average rate.

Parameter

A numerical characteristic that summarizes or describes an aspect of a population in statistics.

Exponentially Distributed

A probability distribution that characterizes the interval between occurrences in a process where events continually and independently happen at a steady average pace.