Concerning the Development of Bones and Muscles

question 7

Multiple Choice

Concerning the development of bones and muscles,

• A)at birth infants have cartilage but not bone.
• B)cartilage needs to soften to become bone.
• C)infants have all of the muscle cells that they will ever possess.
• D)the strength of a newborn is proportionally identical to that of an adult.

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Definitions:

Reaction

The transformation of starting materials into different chemical products through a series of bond-breaking and bond-making steps.

Regio-

A prefix referring to the specific region or orientation of atoms within a molecule, used in chemistry to describe how reagents connect or transform.

Stereochemical

Pertaining to the spatial arrangement of atoms within molecules and the impact of this arrangement on chemical reactivity and physical properties.

Regio-

Prefix indicating the region or position in a molecule where a chemical reaction occurs.