The Longer Our Physiology Varies from Its Baseline Measures and the Greater

question 35

True/False

The longer our physiology varies from its baseline measures and the greater the variance from that baseline, the more likely we are to experience ill effects from this stress reactivity.

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Definitions:

Fertilized Ova

An egg cell that has been inseminated by a sperm cell, beginning the process of development into a new organism.

Carrying

The act of holding and moving an object or person from one location to another.

Chromosomes

Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells, made of protein and a single molecule of DNA.

Conception

The process of a sperm fertilizing an ovum, resulting in the formation of a zygote and the beginning of pregnancy.