A Nurse Reads This Information in a Patient's Record: Suffered

question 10

Multiple Choice

A nurse reads this information in a patient's record: suffered anoxia at birth; foster home placement at age 3; taunted by peers during childhood; low self-esteem since adolescence.Which item would be classified as a biologic factor associated with the patient's mental illness?

• A) Anoxia at birth
• B) Low self-esteem
• C) Taunted by peers
• D) Trauma caused by parental death

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Definitions:

Enzyme

Bio-originated molecules that markedly expedite the rate of virtually every chemical activity taking place within cellular structures.

Neurospora

A genus of ascomycete fungi, often used as a model organism in genetics and molecular biology.

Diploid

The condition of having two sets of chromosomes per nucleus. Compare with haploid and polyploid.

Nucleic Acids

Biomolecules essential for life, including DNA and RNA, that carry genetic information and are involved in protein synthesis.