Which Statement About Muscle Atrophy Is True

question 42

Multiple Choice

Which statement about muscle atrophy is true?

• A) Muscle atrophy occurs only in pathological conditions.
• B) Muscle proteins are degraded only when atrophy is taking place.
• C) Atrophy of muscle makes amino acids available for other systems in the body.
• D) Muscle protein synthesis stops completely in muscles that are undergoing atrophy.

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Definitions:

Rational Emotive Therapy

A form of psychotherapy that identifies irrational beliefs, challenges them, and encourages the development of more rational and adaptive thoughts and behaviors.

Cognitive Therapy

Form of psychotherapy that focuses on how a person’s thoughts lead to feelings of distress, with the aim of helping them change these irrational thoughts.

Transference

Process in psychoanalysis in which the patient transfers all of the positive or negative emotions associated with the patient’s other relationships to the psychoanalyst.

Aversive Conditioning

Counterconditioning technique that pairs an unpleasant stimulant with an undesirable behavior.