An instrument that measures lung volumes is a

(a) caliper.
(b) spirometer.
(c) barometer.
(d) stethoscope.


(b) spirometer.

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A. Glucose is being broken down in the absence of oxygen B. Your muscles are burning fat for energy C. Glucose is being broken down in the presence of oxygen D. Your heart is pumping very fast and delivering more oxygen to your muscles than they can handle

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What is the genetic makeup of an individual who has inherited Jacobs syndrome?

A. XXX B. XYY C. XXY D. XO E. none of these

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Four of the five answers listed below are heterotrophic. Select the exception

a. consumers b. carnivores c. herbivores d. parasites e. producers

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In an immunodiffusion test to diagnose the fungal disease histoplasmosis, a patient's serum is placed in a well in an agar plate. In a positive test, a precipitate forms as the serum diffuses from the well and meets material diffusing from a second well. In this test process, what is the most likely identity of the material in the second well?

A) antibodies B) a purified fungal antigen C) entire fungal cells D) a purified protozoan antigen E) red blood cells

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