Bodybuilders are known for their "great quads." Describe the quadriceps muscles.

What will be an ideal response?


These are the muscles of the front and sides of the thigh, and include the rectus femoris and the lateral, medial, and intermediate vastus muscles.

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Why are minerals, vitamins, and water classified as essential nutrients?

a. they are the major providers of calories for the body b. they are used by the body in large quantities c. the body cannot synthesize the nutrients in sufficient quantities d. all of the listed responses are correct

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Exposure to irritants causes mucus production to

A.  increase. B.  decrease.

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Define homeostasis and homeostatic imbalance

What will be an ideal response?

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Urine is prevented from flowing back into the ureters from the bladder by ________________

A. compression of the ureteral openings B. the external urethral sphincter C. the internal urethral sphincter D. the ureteral sphincters E. ureteral valves

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