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SCI221-09 Week 7 Physiology Stack
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Epidemiology is the study of the _____ of diseases in human populations. | transmission |
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. |
The physical process by which water and solute move through a membrane when a hydrostatic pressure gradient exists across the membrane is the process of: | filtration. |
Which of the following is not a characteristic of skeletal muscles? | Having one nucleus per cell |
If the cribriform plate is damaged, there is a chance of: | infectious materials passing from the nose to the brain. |
The cell organelles that synthesize organic matrix substances in bone formation are: | endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus. |
The cells responsible for active erosion of bone minerals are called: | osteoclasts. |
Which of the following statements is incorrect about motor units? | The more muscle fibers stimulated by a motor neuron, the more precise the movements of that muscle can be. |
Which of the following is not a part of the neuromuscular junction? | T-tubules |
Which of the following is not true of both triglycerides and phospholipids? | They both contain a hydrophobic and hydrophilic end. |