Approximately 45% of a person's body weight is:
A) interstitial fluid.
B) intracellular fluid.
C) extracellular fluid.
D) intravascular fluid.
Answer: B) intracellular fluid.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Patients who have type 2 diabetes no longer respond normally to insulin. Which statement best explains this symptom?
A. Their cells express less insulin receptor. B. The nucleus of their cells are altered so that insulin can not bind. C. The insulin receptors on their cells have mutated. D. Type 2 diabetics do not produce insulin. E. The signal transduction pathways in the cells no longer exist.
In a weakened heart, the heart begins to pump less blood, resulting in blood backing up in the veins causing pressure in veins and capillaries to rise. This condition is called
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a. blood pressure when the ventricles are contracting b. cardiac output c. electrical activity of the heart d. blood pressure when the ventricles are relaxed