Four-year-old Susie loves carrots. Her skin has turned orange from a pigment found in carrots called beta carotene. Briefly explain how long it will take for Susie's skin to return to its normal color
What will be an ideal response?
A cell housing beta carotene begins life in stratum basale. It will travel up through the strata of the epidermis until it reaches stratum corneum. The cell will be sloughed in approximately 40 to 50 days.
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. When fluid intake equals fluid output, and there is a normal distribution of solvent and solutes in the body's fluid compartments, fluid ________ exists
Fill in the blank with correct word.
The lumbar arteries are
A) paired and travel in the intercostal spaces. B) paired and found in the aortic arch. C) paired and found on the posterior surface of the aorta. D) single branches of the anterior abdominal aorta. E) a pair of muscular arteries that travel along the inner surface of the ilium.
Pulmonary fibrosis may be caused by ________.
A. increased mucus production B. smoking C. allergic reactions D. breathing in coal dust
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Sweat glands are apocrine glands. 2. Endocrine glands are often called ducted glands. 3. Blood is considered a type of connective tissue. 4. Nervous tissue consists mainly of neurons and collagen fibers. 5. The atomic weight is only an average of relative weights of an atom and its isotopes, and it may vary from the weight of a specific isotope.