Jane has been taking the antibiotic chloramphenicol for a few weeks as treatment for a serious bacterial infection. There is a possibility that a future side effect of long-term antibiotic therapy could cause her to develop problems in blood cell counts. The result is
A) autoimmune disease.
B) aplastic anemia.
C) drug resistance.
D) thrombocytopenia.
E) erythroblastosis.
B
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Which of the following is not a tarsal bone?
A) medial cuneiform B) capitate C) cuboid D) navicular E) talus
Which of these effectors is NOT directly controlled by the autonomic nervous system?
A) most glands B) smooth muscle C) cardiac muscle D) skeletal muscle
The statement "Its postganglionic axons always use acetylcholine as the neurotransmitter" is
A) true only for the parasympathetic nervous system. B) true only for the sympathetic nervous system. C) true for both the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems. D) not true for either the parasympathetic or sympathetic nervous systems. E) true only for the somatic nervous system.
During intense exercise, fatigue of skeletal muscle occurs because of:
A. depletion of ATP within the skeletal muscle fiber B. Ca++ overload by mitochondria within the muscle fiber C. inhibition of actin-myosin interaction D. stimulation of Ca++ release the SR E. increased pH within the muscle fiber