A nurse is instructing the staff about cellular functions. Which cellular function is the nurse de-scribing when an isolated cell absorbs oxygen and uses it to transform nutrients to energy?
a. Metabolic absorption
b. Communication
c. Secretion
d. Respiration
ANS: D
The cell's ability to absorb oxygen is referred to as respiration while its communication ability involves maintenance of a steady dynamic state, metabolic absorption provides nutrition, and se-cretion allows for the synthesizing of new substances.
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