The disorder multiple sclerosis results in destruction of myelin. Why do people with this disorder experience motor and sensory disturbances?
A. Their nerve cells die off.
B. Their axons are too thin.
C. Their neurons lose the ability to send signals.
D. Their nodes of Ranvier become enlarged.
Answer: C
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b. transient ischemic attack. c. Alzeimer's disease. d. Parkinson's disease.
Which decision by the Supreme Court permitted traumatized children to testify via television rather than in the courtroom?
A. Bowers v. Hardwick B. Maryland v. Craig C. Jenkins v. United States D. Ballew v. Georgia
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A) the same overall pattern of development emerged as in more advanced and urban cultures. B) people in these cultures develop in a different sequence of stages. C) people in these cultures move more slowly through the stages and achieve a lower end stage. D) people in these cultures develop more quickly through the stages.