Drinking Alcohol During Pregnancy ____

question 61

Multiple Choice

Drinking alcohol during pregnancy ____.

• A) can result in fetal alcohol syndrome
• B) is extremely rare in the United States (1 infant in 1 million)
• C) can be safe if only an occasional drink is consumed
• D) is allowed after the second trimester only
• E) can benefit the mother's blood lipid profile if limited to one drink per week

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Definitions:

Benzene

A colorless, volatile liquid hydrocarbon present in coal tar and petroleum, used in chemical synthesis.

Resonance Structures

Representations of a molecule where the chemical connectivity is the same but the electrons are distributed differently around the structure.

Cyclic

Pertaining to chemical compounds that contain a ring structure within their molecules.

Lewis Structure

A diagrammatic method for representing the valence electrons of atoms within a molecule, indicating bonds between them.