One Function of Epithelial Cells Is to Form Selective Barriers

question 62

True/False

One function of epithelial cells is to form selective barriers regulating exchange of materials across them.

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Definitions:

Generalization

The process of extending the application of a principle or conclusion to many situations without additional evidence.

Discrimination

This refers to the unfair or prejudicial treatment of individuals based on characteristics such as race, age, or gender.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, it refers to the process where a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears when the reinforcement is no longer presented.

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially unimportant stimulus that, following its association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to evoke a conditioned response.