Tony is a chronic alcoholic with cirrhosis of the liver, a condition in which liver cells die and are replaced by connective tissue. Which of the following signs would you not expect to observe in Tony?
A) increased clotting time
B) jaundice
C) portal hypertension and ascites
D) decrease in plasma protein production
E) impaired erythropoiesis
E
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A) their respiratory passages lose cilia, which would otherwise remove bacteria. B) their respiratory passages overproduce cilia, to which bacteria cling. C) the respiratory passages have too little mucus. D) they congregate in small areas to smoke.
The matching of blood flow to the changing metabolic needs of a tissue is due to
A) hormonal control. B) local control. C) neural control.
What is the mean arterial pressure for a person with 110 and 65 mm Hg as systolic and diastolic pressure, respectively?
A) 87.5 mm Hg B) 90 mm Hg C) 45 mm Hg D) 80 mm Hg E) 175 mm Hg
Radioisotopes contain
A. an insufficient number of neutrons.?B. an insufficient number of electrons.?C. an insufficient number of protons.?D. an excess of protons.?E. an excess of neutrons.