When the pituitary gland releases thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), the hormone circulates throughout the entire bloodstream, yet only the cells of the thyroid gland respond. This specificity is due to the presence of _____ in the cell membranes of the thyroid

1.adhesion proteins
2.receptor proteins
3.recognition proteins
4.transport proteins


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A. plasma. B. leukocytes. C. erythrocytes. D. platelets. E. All of the choices for this question are correct.

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Which process will release or expel large substances out of the cell?

a. Phagocytosis b. Diffusion c. Osmosis d. Endocytosis e. Exocytosis

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The genetic information of an organism is coded within that organism's

a. DNA. b. carbohydrates. c. lipids. d. proteins. e. cell membranes.

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. It’s Friday afternoon, which means it’s time to clean out the shared fridge in the break room. Besides the usual assortment of half-eaten sandwiches and stale diet cola, you discover a moldy orange in a drawer that looks like it’s been there forever. Next to it you find a scribbled note that turns out to be a limerick: My lunch last week was ricotta With a couple of oranges and a soda But yesterday my sweet oranges Sprouted fuzzy black sporanges And now all I’ve got is Deuteromycota Chuckling to yourself, you can’t help but notice that the poet is using outdated and inaccurate terminology. Assuming that the orange is covered in bread mold (Rhizopus stolonifer), to which phylum does it belong?

a. Chytridiomycota b. Basidiomycota c. Zygomycota d. Ascomycota

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