Use the Accompanying Figures to Answer the Following Question

question 18

Multiple Choice

Use the accompanying figures to answer the following question.
-The flat line at the left in (b) probably represents _____________.

• A)the body's physiological processes coping with low doses of a toxicant
• B)competing effects of some other substance whose effect wasn't measured
• C)the fact that no toxicant was introduced until the response line begins to rise
• D)that no data were collected for the flatline area
• E)the fact that there is no physiological effect of the toxicant at low doses

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Definitions:

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