The Term Coma Is Defined as

question 73

Multiple Choice

The term coma is defined as

• A)loss of cognitive abilities.
• B)inability to express thought or ideas in an orderly,intelligible manner.
• C)state of mental confusion as to time,place,or identity.
• D)state of profound unconsciousness.

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Definitions:

Genotype

An individual’s collection of genes that contains instructions for all physical and psychological characteristics, including hair, eye color, personality, health, and behavior.

Dizygotic Twins

Also known as fraternal twins, these are siblings born at the same time due to the fertilization of two different eggs by two different sperm.

Monozygotic Twins

Twins that are genetically identical because they were formed from a single zygote splitting into two.

Fraternal Twin

Siblings born at the same time who have developed from two different eggs fertilized by two different sperm cells, making them genetically unique from each other.