First-semester nursing students are presenting a group project to their classmates about the concept of steady state
These students describe the relationship of individual cells to compensatory mechanisms. When do compensatory mechanisms occur in the human body?
A) Daily
B) When needed
C) Continuously
D) Sporadically
Ans: C
Feedback: The concept of the cell as existing on a continuum of function and structure includes the relationship of the cell to compensatory mechanisms, which occur continuously in the body to maintain the steady state.
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