Which substance is defective in Marfan syndrome?

a. sphingolipids
b. albumin
c. fibrillin
d. amyloid
e. LDLs


C

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The urinary bladder, identified as ____ in the accompanying diagram, is separated from the ____ by a sphincter

a. A; ureter b. C; ureter c. A; urethra d. C; urethra e. A; urethra

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A frequent cancer that is seen in AIDS patients is ________.

A. myeloma B. leukemia C. Hodgkin's lymphoma D. Kaposi's sarcoma E. melanoma

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Although all of the cells in your body contain a complete set of DNA, different types of cells arise because__________.

a) different genes are switched on and off in each type of cell b) the contain different chromosomes c) they contain different genes d) none of the above

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