When Prolonged Ischemia Occurs to an Area of the Heart

question 15

Multiple Choice

When prolonged ischemia occurs to an area of the heart, the resulting damage is referred to as:

• A) atrophy.
• B) liquefactive necrosis.
• C) apoptosis.
• D) infarction.

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Definitions:

Letters

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Word-Superiority Effect

A phenomenon in cognitive psychology where individuals have a better chance of recognizing a letter when it is part of a word than when it is seen in isolation.

Stroop Effect

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Heuristic

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