Alice and James adopted a 3-year-old child from a developing country. They noticed that her legs were bowed and there were some deformities in her cranial and pelvic bones. They brought her to a physician for a diagnosis. What was the diagnosis, and what was the treatment for the disorder?
What will be an ideal response?
The child most likely has rickets, a condition caused by poor diet, especially one deficient in vitamin D. The parents were told to increase her intake of calcium and vitamin D and to make sure that she gets some sunshine every day.
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A) Smoking B) Sedentary lifestyle C) High level of exercise D) Low sodium diet
Frank is experiencing difficulty urinating, painful urination, low back pain and a slight fever. The doctor prescribes antibiotics and Frank recovers. It is likely that Frank suffered from
A) impotence. B) prostate cancer. C) prostatitis. D) a vasectomy. E) a circumcision.
Capillaries empty into __________
Fill in the blank with the correct word.
One method by which cytotoxic T cells destroy their target cells is by releasing substances that
A) increase protein production. B) enhance ribosomal activities. C) suppress the antigen recognition process. D) rupture cell membranes. E) produce memory T cells.