What term refers to the effect a non-penetrating solute in a solution has on cell volume?

a. osmolarity
b. osmotic pressure
c. tonicity
d. osmosis
e. solubility


C

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What will be an ideal response?

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The ________ function(s) in visual attention, such as to look and follow the flight of a butterfly.

A. superior colliculi B. inferior colliculi C. tegmentum D. red nucleus E. substantia nigra

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Urine reaches the urinary bladder by

A) suction from the empty bladder. B) differential pressure exerted on the ureters by the movements of the digestive organs. C) the force of gravity. D) peristalsis. E) None of the answers are correct.

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