The Textbook Suggests That If You Had a Patient Who

question 83

Multiple Choice

The textbook suggests that if you had a patient who just lost a loved one you would be most concerned about an adverse reaction if

• A) they lost a parent.
• B) they lost their spouse.
• C) they lost a child.
• D) The book suggests that all three would tend to generate the same type of emotional reaction.

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Definitions:

Pluripotent Stem Cell

A stem cell that has the potential to differentiate into any of the three germ layers: endoderm, mesoderm, or ectoderm, thus capable of giving rise to any cell type of the body.

Somatic Cell Lines

Cultures derived from non-reproductive body cells used in research and medical treatments.

Meiosis

A type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, creating four haploid cells, each genetically distinct from the parent cell and from each other.

Gametes

Gametes are reproductive cells (sperm in males and eggs in females) that fuse during fertilization to form a zygote, initiating the development of a new organism.