SCENARIO 15-3 a Chemist Employed by a Pharmaceutical Firm Has Developed a Developed

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SCENARIO 15-3
A chemist employed by a pharmaceutical firm has developed a muscle relaxant.She took a sample of
14 people suffering from extreme muscle constriction.She gave each a vial containing a dose (X)of
the drug and recorded the time to relief (Y)measured in seconds for each.She fit a curvilinear model
to this data.The results obtained by Microsoft Excel follow
-Referring to Scenario 15-3, the prediction of time to relief for a person receiving a dose of 10
units of the drug is ________.

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Definitions:

Interneuron

Neuron located within the central nervous system that conveys messages between parts of the central nervous system.

Stroke

Condition resulting when an arteriole in the brain bursts or becomes blocked by an embolism; cerebrovascular accident.

Interneurons

Neurons that transmit impulses between other neurons, especially as part of a reflex arc in the central nervous system.

Spinal Column

The central support structure in vertebrates, consisting of a series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the tailbone.