To detect the presence of bacterial infections such as chlamydia and gonorrhea, a urine sample is ordered. This makes sense because ________
A) Glomerular filtrate cannot be changed once it leaves the collecting ducts
B) Urine from a healthy individual is, otherwise, sterile
C) The urethra traps pathogens
D) Not enough information provided to determine plausibility.
B
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Which condition listed is an infectious disease of childbirth resulting from an infection originating in the birth canal and affecting the mother's endometrium?
a) Emesis gravidarum b) Puerperal fever c) Turner's syndrome d) Fetal alcohol syndrome e) Klinefelter's syndrome
Abnormal heart rhythms are called ________
A) Arrhythmias B) Bradycardia C) Sinus rhythm D) Tachycardia
In the renal corpuscle, the visceral layer is a layer of specialized cells called
A) glomerulocytes. B) juxtaglomerular cells. C) tubular cells. D) macula densa cells. E) podocytes.
The secondary structure of proteins is ________.
A. the linear arrangement of amino acids in the molecule B. due to the interaction between protein subunits C. alpha helix coils and beta-pleated sheet folds of a protein strand D. stabilized when a protein is denatured