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Centers for regulating hunger, sleep, thirst, body temperature, water balance, and blood pressure are found in the correct answers hypothalamus
A patient's anterior pituitary gland is removed due to the presence of a malignant tumor. Plasma concentration of which of the following hormones would ...
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Centers for regulating hunger, sleep, thirst, body temperature, water balance, and blood pressure
are found in the correct answers hypothalamus
A patient's anterior pituitary gland is removed due to the presence of a malignant tumor. Plasma
concentration of which of the following hormones would be LEAST affected following surgery?
correct answers insulin
red-green color blindness is a sex-linked recessive trait. What is the probability that a boy born to
an unaffected man and a carrier woman will be color bind? correct answers 1/2
A patient who has gained 40 lbs in the past 3 months goes to her physician with complaints of
fatigue. She is found to have a goiter and a decreased metabolic rate. Based on this information,
the patient most likely has a deficiency of... correct answers thyroxine
Which of the following statements about the heart is true? correct answers A. Both the superior
and inferior vena cava route blood into the right atrium.
Marfan syndrome is an inherited disorder with a deleterious effect on the connective protein
fibrillin. Which of the following is LEAST likely a symptom of this disorder? correct answers
peripheral neuropathy ; because it is composed of nervous tissue rather than connective tissue
In the menstrual cycle, what is triggered by a surge in LH? correct answers ovulation
In a eukaryotic cell, which organelle's primary function is protein synthesis? correct answers
ribosome
Which of the following can be absorbed in the STOMACH? correct answers alcohol and certain
drugs; amino acids, monosaccharides, and small fatty acids must be absorbed by the small
intestine
what path does oxygen follow when traveling through the respiratory structures? correct answers
external nares (nostrils)> nasal cavity> internal nares> pharynx> larynx> trachea> bronchi>
bronchioles> alveoli
Which of the following pairs of words best describes the autonomic nervous system? correct
answers sympathetic and parasympathetic
The 5 types of immunoglobulins are secreted from which type of cell? correct answers
differentiated B lymphocytes
which of the following is not part of the AXIAL skeleton? correct answers pelvis
, compared to inhaled air in the alveoli, the partial pressures of carbon dioxide in the pulmonary
artery is... correct answers greater
If 18O labeled glucose is given to a human, where is the label most likely to appear?
A. Exhaled O2
B. Exhaled CO2
C. Exhaled H2O
D. Intracellular ATP correct answers b) exhaled CO2
Large molecules exit the cell by the process known as ? correct answers exocytosis
If a patient with high blood glucose levels accidentally took an overdose of insulin, which of the
following would occur? correct answers convulsions due to decreased blood glucose
concentrations
Which of the following is true concerning a sex-linked lethal recessive trait? correct answers it
will cause death primarily in males
which of the following is not reabsorbed from the tubules of the nephron? correct answers
proteins
what accounts for the blind spot in the field of vision? correct answers Exit point of the optic
nerve from the eye
Kleinfelter's Syndrome (XXY) results from which type of chromosomal alteration? correct
answers nondisjuction
the process by which a cell engulfs large particulate matter is called? correct answers
phagocytosis
fossils that are impressions left by an organism are known as ? correct answers imprints
What is the hybridization of the central atom in a NH3 molecule? correct answers sp3
which of the following bromoalkanes is least likely to undergo an SN2 reaction? correct answers
CH3CHBrCH2CH3
Suppose that multiple newly created amino acids interact to build a small protein molecule. The
primary structure of that protein is formed when? correct answers the amino-terminus of one
amino acid attacks the carboxy-terminus of another
Suppose the experimenters wish to identify whether the sample is entirely made up of glycine or
if there are significant concentrations of other amino acids present. They can: correct answers
use polarized light in order to determine whether or not the sample is optically active
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