Agents That Can Produce Malformations in the Fetus While Tissues

question 91

Multiple Choice

Agents that can produce malformations in the fetus while tissues and organs are forming are called

• A) teratogens.
• B) zygote perils.
• C) amniotics.
• D) gestational intercepts.

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Definitions:

Ticks

Small arachnids, part of the order Ixodida, which are ectoparasites living by hematophagy on the blood of mammals, birds, and sometimes reptiles and amphibians, known for transmitting various diseases.

Commensalism

A relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited.

Predation

The interaction between two species where one organism, the predator, feeds on another organism, the prey, as a source of energy and nutrients.