When a person stops using a muscle for a period of time due to injury, illness, or neglect, the muscle will ____
a. hypertrophy
b. atrophy
c. intensify
d. overload
e. elasticize
b
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? Mickie is a 37-year-old Hispanic female in her second pregnancy. Her first pregnancy resulted in a healthy baby girl who weighed 9 lb 3 oz. Her prepregnancy information is as follows: BMI = 28; height = 5?4?; and weight = 165 lb (75 kg). She did not manage to shed all the weight she gained before getting pregnant again, and at 24 weeks, she has gained 20 lb and currently weighs 185 lb (84 kg). Her diet history reveals an average calorie intake of 2300 calories per day. Two hours after her 75-g glucose tolerance test is administered, her blood glucose is 155 mg/dL. Mickie's BMI indicates that she was _____ while entering pregnancy.
A. underweight B. at a normal weight C. overweight D. obese E. very obese
The placenta is the ____
a. developing infant during its second through eighth week after conception until birth b. developing infant from the eighth week after conception until birth c. muscular organ within which the infant develops before birth d. infant from birth until her first birthday e. organ from which the infant receives nourishment
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false