What term describes the increase in energy expenditure that occurs in a person who fractures a leg?

a. Febrile hyperthermia
b. Physical hyperthermia
c. Specific thermogenesis
d. Adaptive thermogenesis
e. Stress hyperthermia


ANS: D

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