Refer to the Figure Showing a Scanning Electron Micrograph of a Chick

question 199

Short Answer

Refer to the figure showing a scanning electron micrograph of a chick embryo. In this image the overlying epidermal ectoderm has been removed, and we are looking down on the embryo from above.The tissue labeled "a" will soon form a(n) _______, which lies posterior to the structures labeled "b."

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Definitions:

Opportunity Cost

The cost of foregone alternatives; the value of the best alternative given up when a decision is made to choose one option over another.

Production Possibilities Frontier

A curve depicting all maximum output possibilities for two goods, given a set of inputs, representing the trade-off between different choices in the allocation of resources.

Opportunity Cost

Giving up possible gains from several options by choosing a particular one.

Bowed Outward

A description of the shape of a curve on a graph, such as the production possibilities frontier, indicating increasing opportunity costs.