KROK 1 2018 – Question 113 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
During influenza epidemic, morbidity in the schoolchildren, who did not participate in sports, was 40%, while in the schoolchildren, who engaged in regular physical activities, morbidity did not exceed 20%. What adaptation mechanism ensured low morbidity in the physically active schoolchildren?
- A. Specific adaptation
- B. Cross-adaptation
- C. Biochemical adaptation
- D. Genetic adaptation
- E. Physiological adaptation
Hint
Compare the factor the children trained against with the factor that caused the epidemic, and decide what kind of adaptation links them.
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