Why Is a Legend Necessary When Constructing a Pedigree That

question 19

Multiple Choice

Why is a legend necessary when constructing a pedigree that includes a health history?

• A)Gender-altering surgeries require either the drawing of both male and female symbols for the same person or the use of a diamond instead of a circle or square.
• B)When a pedigree includes more than three generations, the relationships of members in older (more remote) generations are less clear and must be explained.
• C)The gender of individuals lost in the first trimester of pregnancy cannot be established.
• D)Health problems do not have standard symbols.

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Phonetic

Concerning the sounds of human speech and the system of producing and describing these sounds.

Syntactic

Pertains to the organization of words and phrases to construct grammatically correct sentences within a language.

Aphasic

Relating to or affected by aphasia, a condition characterized by the loss of the ability to understand or express speech, caused by brain damage.

Lateralized

Refers to the specialization of brain functions in either the left or right hemisphere of the brain.