Weight Loss and Wasting Are Common in the Advanced Stages

question 44

True/False

Weight loss and wasting are common in the advanced stages of COPD and may result from hypermetabolism, poor food intake, and the actions of various inflammatory proteins.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become conditioned through association with an unconditioned stimulus.

Meat

The flesh of animals, including mammals, poultry, and fish, consumed as food by humans.

Conditioned Stimulus

A conditioned stimulus is a previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus after repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus.