The Greatest Factor in the Link Between Stress and Illness

question 19

Multiple Choice

The greatest factor in the link between stress and illness appears to be

• A) inability to eat.
• B) the change in heart rhythms.
• C) the activation of the immune system.
• D) interference with sleep.

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Definitions:

Oxygen

A chemical element with symbol O, essential for cellular respiration in most aerobic organisms.

Nitrogen

A chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7, essential for life's building blocks like amino acids, proteins, and nucleic acids.

Carbon

A chemical element with symbol C, essential as the basis for all known living organisms, and forming the basis of organic chemistry.

Enzymes

Biological molecules that significantly speed up the rate of virtually all of the chemical reactions that take place within cells.