The posterior pituitary releases ________ that stimulates uterine contractions.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


oxytocin

The posterior pituitary releases oxytocin that stimulates uterine contractions.

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The organ system that protects the body against infection and disease and aids in returning tissue fluids to the blood stream

A) Muscular    

G) Respiratory 

B) Reproductive  

H) Skeletal 

C) Digestive 

I) Nervous 

D) Cardiovascular 

J) Endocrine 

E) Integumentary 

K) Lymphatic 

F) Urinary 

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In the Ecotron experiments of Shahid Naeem and colleagues, it was found that higher values of vegetative ground cover were correlated with: Check all that apply.

_____ higher community productivity _____ lower nutrient uptake _____ increased decomposition rates _____ lower species richness _____ higher plant biomass

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An organism in which foreign genes have been incorporated is called a:

a. recombinant organism. b. transgene. c. polymorphism d. transgenic organism. e. recombinant

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Which of the following is most similar in structure to ATP?

A) a pentose sugar B) a DNA nucleotide C) an RNA nucleotide D) an amino acid with three phosphate groups attached

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