To Determine Whether 80-Year-Old Maggie's Brain Is Active While She

question 109

Multiple Choice

To determine whether 80-year-old Maggie's brain is active while she is reading, ____ should be used.

• A) magnetic resonance imaging
• B) positron emission tomography
• C) functional MRI
• D) a psychomotor test

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Definitions:

Peristalsis

A series of wave-like muscle contractions that moves food to different processing stations in the digestive tract.

Muscular Contractions

The process where muscle fibers shorten or increase in tension, leading to movement or stabilization of body parts.

Hepatocyte

Liver cell.

Hepatocytes

The main type of cell found in the liver, responsible for the majority of metabolic, detoxification, and protein synthesis activities.