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Human Physiology
Week 1-6
Question | Answer |
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Of the 11 major body system, which is the least involved in maintaining homeostasis? | Reproductive |
If the secretion of oxytocin during childbirth operated as a negative-feedback control loop, what effect would it have on uterine contractions? | Oxytocin would inhibit uterine contractions. |
Shivering to try to raise your body temperature back to normal would be an example of: | Both A and C. The body trying to maintain homeostasis. A negative-feedback mechanism. |
Of the pathogenic organism, which of the following are the most complex? | Tapeworms |
Homeostasis can be best described as: | A state of relative constancy |
A very large molecule composed of subunits of sugar, a nitroge base, and a phosphate bond is a | nucleic acid |
A triglyceride is composed of a glycerol molecule and three of the same type of fatty acid. | false |
When two amino are joined, a peptide bond is formed and an H+ ion is released | false |
A saturated fatty acid is one in which | All available bonds of its hydrocarbon chain are filled |
The result of meiosis is | Four daughter cells that are identical to the parent cell |