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Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
You begin your 10-hour shift at the infusion center at the local cancer center. Mrs. Overrocker has been coming in every Wednesday at 10:00 am for the past 3 weeks for her infusion of chemotherapy. She complains that her mouth hurts. A visual examination reveals a white film covering the inside of her cheeks and her tongue. You swab the inside of her mouth for microscopic analysis.
-You suspect that your patient is suffering from oral candidiasis,caused by Candida albicans,and know that treatment may require drugs that produce toxic side effects.Which of the following statements explains why drugs used to treat this type of infection can be toxic to humans?
Meiosis
A type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, essential for sexual reproduction.
Sex Cell
A type of reproductive cell in an organism that unites with another from the opposite sex (or mating type) to form a new individual.
Segregation
The enforced separation of different racial or social groups within a community, institution, or country, leading to inequality.
Law of Segregation
A fundamental principle of genetics stating that during the formation of gametes, the two alleles responsible for a trait separate, allowing each parent to contribute one allele.
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