A mild or moderate fever is an adaptive response that seems to benefit the body. Bacteria need large amounts of zinc and iron to multiply. During fever, the liver and spleen sequester these nutrients, making them less available, which helps to reduce the bacterial population.
What will be an ideal response?
Therapeutic management includes speed in recognition of signs and symptoms of an anaphylactic reaction because death can occur within minutes. Maintaining an open airway is critical, because the bronchioles constrict, making it difficult to breathe.
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Which of the following is a protein whose function is explained by the lock and key model?
a. collagen b. glycogen c. enzymes d. none of the above
List three substances that are abnormal urinary constituents and provide the proper clinical term for such abnormalities.
What will be an ideal response?
Choose the false statement about smooth muscle
a. It is under involuntary control. b. It does not have troponin. c. Its contraction is initiated neurogenically only. d. It is found in walls of hollow tube-like organs. e. It is innervated by the ANS.
Regarding thermoregulation, the __________ serves as a thermostat, receiving nerve signals about body temperature and sending nerve signals to the structures that can respond.
hypothalamus spinal cord brainstem thalamus