The Proximal End of the Prenatal Thyroglossal Duct Persists in the Adult

question 20

Multiple Choice

The proximal end of the prenatal thyroglossal duct persists in the adult as the _______.

• A) vallate papilla
• B) foramen cecum
• C) pyramidal lobe of the thyroid gland
• D) right and left lobes of thyroid gland
• E) thyroglossal cyst

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Definitions:

Coefficient of Alienation

A statistical measure that illustrates the lack of correlation between two variables.

Coefficient of Determination

A statistic that gives the proportion of the variance in the dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable(s), often symbolized as R².

Pearson

Refers to Pearson's correlation coefficient, a measure of the linear correlation between two variables, denoted by the letter r.

Interval-Level

A type of data measurement that includes meaningful and equal distances between measurements but lacks a true zero, allowing for the calculation of differences and averages.