Which Effect Is Typically Associated with a Mother's Use of Drugs

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which effect is typically associated with a mother's use of drugs after the eighth month of pregnancy?

• A)low birth weight
• B)physical malformations
• C)risk of spontaneous abortions
• D)No effects are generally observed

---

Definitions:

Blood

A vital liquid in humans and other animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away.

Urine

A liquid by-product of metabolism in humans and many animals, expelled from the kidneys and stored in the bladder until elimination.

Efferent Arteriole

The blood vessel that carries blood away from the glomerulus of the kidney after filtration has occurred.

Peritubular Capillaries

Tiny blood vessels that surround the tubules in the kidney, involved in the exchange of substances between blood and the tubular fluid.