Almeda's Skin Has Lost Some Flexibility and the Lens of Her

question 71

Multiple Choice

Almeda's skin has lost some flexibility and the lens of her left eye is beginning to cloud.She is concerned that the normally separate protein fibers that make up her body's connective tissue are forming bonds with one another.You can tell Almeda that she can reduce cross-linking by __________.

• A) eating a healthy diet
• B) decreasing her heart rate
• C) increasing her body fat
• D) moving less often

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Definitions:

Pronoun

A pronoun is a word used to replace a noun or noun phrase, typically used to avoid repetition and manage coherence in text or speech.

Connective

A word or phrase that joins together clauses, sentences, or parts of sentences in logical propositions.

Restrictive Clause

A clause that limits or specifies the scope of the noun it modifies and is essential to the meaning of a sentence.

Nonrestrictive Clauses

Clauses that provide additional information which is not essential to the meaning of the sentence and are usually set off by commas.