A structure that allows the middle ear to communicate with the nasopharynx is the

A) auditory meatus.
B) eustachian tube.
C) bony labyrinth.
D) membranous labyrinth.
E) pinna.


B) eustachian tube.

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amino acid derivatives, peptide hormones, and lipid derivatives enzymes, prosthetic groups, and antioxidants growth factors, endorphins, and glycoproteins paracrine factors, proteins, lipids all of the above are correct

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A vaccine is effective because ________

A) the vaccine contains the antibodies necessary to fight infection B) the vaccine contains the lymphocytes necessary to fight infection C) the secondary response of the adaptive immunity is faster and more efficient the primary response D) B-lymphocytes are unable to mount an immune response the first time they are exposed to a new pathogen

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