A person working outside in the hot sun can perspire a great deal. This increase in perspiration results in an increase in water loss from the body. Increased water loss causes the blood osmolality to increase
This increased osmolality is "sensed" by the
A. kidneys.
B. osmoreceptors.
C. cerebral cortex.
D. anterior pituitary.
E. baroreceptors.
B
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The physical process by which a single animal cell separates into two cells is called
A) cytosis. B) mitosis. C) cytokinesis. D) phoresis. E) meiosis.
When a woman in her fifth decade of life is not pregnant and has stopped having menstrual cycles for _________, she is said to be in menopause
A. 2 months B. 4 months C. 6 months D. 1 year E. 18 months
On their way toward the liver, veins from the spleen, the lateral border of the stomach, and the pancreas fuse with the inferior mesenteric veins, forming the
A) gastric vein. B) splenic vein. C) superior mesenteric vein. D) cystic vein. E) hepatic vein.
The ____________________ is a flap of cartilage that prevents food and liquids from entering the trachea during swallowing.?
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