The final step in the clotting pathway is ____

a. activation of thrombin
b. platelet plug formation
c. vessel spasm
d. conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin
e. activation of factor X


ANSWER: d

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the NADH in the mitochondria. Why is this beneficial?

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This is an example of _____

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A. mRNAs. B. RNA-induced silencing complexes (RISC). C. ribozymes. D. rRNAs. E. tRNAs.

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