Ignaz Semmelweis demonstrated the importance of (antisepsis/vaccination/hand-washing) as a means of preventing disease transmission.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


hand-washing

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When a phosphate group is transferred from ATP, active transport pumps ____

a. trigger exocytosis b. change their shapes c. become ionized d. fuse with the surrounding phospholipid membrane e. are destroyed

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During glycolysis, a 6-carbon sugar diphosphate molecule is split into two 3-carbon sugar phosphate molecules.

a. true b. false

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Which of the following is a CORRECT matching of an organelle and its function?

a. Golgi apparatus - protein synthesis b. lysosome - transport c. mitochondrion - cell respiration d. endoplasmic reticulum - houses DNA

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A muscle fiber from the latissimus dorsi (one of the back muscles) of a chimpanzee has a lot of mitochondria and myoglobin and can generate relatively little force. Which type of muscle fiber is being described?

A) a fast, fatigue-resistant fiber B) a fast, fatigue-susceptible fiber C) a slow, fatigue-resistant fiber D) a slow, fatigue-susceptible fiber

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