Match Each Disorder with Its Corresponding Definition

question 78

Multiple Choice

Match each disorder with its corresponding definition.
-degenerative disease that affects memory; it generally develops during the middle to late adult years,causing characteristic lesions in the cortex

• A)Alzheimer disease
• B)Cerebrovascular accident
• C)Epilepsy
• D)Huntington disease
• E)Spastic paralysis
• F)Hemiplegia
• G)Paraplegia
• H)Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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Definitions:

Juvenile Characteristics

Traits or features displayed by young individuals of a species that are typically lost or altered upon reaching adulthood.

Biological Species Concept

A definition of species whereby individuals are considered to belong to the same species if they are capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.

Bacteria

Microscopic, single-celled organisms that can be found in a variety of environments; some are beneficial while others can cause diseases in humans, animals, and plants.

Background Extinction

The continuous, low-level extinction of species that has occurred throughout much of the history of life. Compare with mass extinction.