Distinguish between cellular and external respiration.

What will be an ideal response?


Cellular respiration refers to the intracellular reactions that consume oxygen and produce ATP. External respiration refers to the exchange of gases between the environment and the lungs, lungs and blood, blood and cells, and the transport of those gases.

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Which of the following is true about oogonia in human females?

A) They undergo mitosis because they are sex cells. B) They produce cells with 23 pairs of chromosomes. C) They undergo meiosis because they are sex cells. D) They are produced after a female child is born.

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Where is the gracilis?

a) H b) I c) J d) K e) L

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Cartilage grows in two ways, appositional and interstitial. What is appositional growth?

the lengthening of hyaline cartilage the secretion of new matrix against the external face of existing cartilage along the edges only of existing osteons, making each osteon larger growth at the epiphyseal plate

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A single nucleotide polymorphism is a very rare genetic variant that affects health.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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