Which condition listed is one of the most common causes of mental retardation and the most common preventable cause of birth defects in the United States?

a) Emesis gravidarum
b) Metafemale syndrome
c) Turner's syndrome
d) Fetal alcohol syndrome
e) Klinefelter's syndrome


d

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a. the follicular cells phagocytize a piece of colloid. b. T4 and T3 are split off of thyroglobulin by lysosomal enzymes within the follicular cell and subsequently diffuse out of the cell into the blood. c. T4 and T3 are secreted by exocytosis of the colloid that has been internalized by the follicular cells. d. both (a) and (b) above. e. both (a) and (c) above.

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What portion of the cell cycle is actually devoted to cell division?

A. Interphase B. Cellphase C. Duophase D. Mitotic phase

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Which of the following inserts into a tendinous sheet, rather than a bone?

A) extensor carpi ulnaris B) flexor carpi radialis C) extensor digitorum D) palmaris longus E) flexor digitorum

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A football player can hear his coach's voice above the noise of the crowd and can sense an opponent about to run him down. These abilities are due to the action of what part of the brain?

A. Thalamus B. Pineal body C. Epithalamus D. Pons E. Hypothalamus

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