When bacteria flourish and grow in the blood stream, the condition is termed ________.

A. viremia
B. fungemia
C. sepsis
D. bactocarditis


Answer: C

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The ability of living organisms to maintain a constant internal environment despite changes in the external environment is ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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After lunch, our digestive system will use the process of hydrolysis to break the food down into smaller subunits.

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

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Which technique is appropriate for studying protein-protein interactions?

a. nuclear magnetic resonance b. mass spectrometry c. protein microarrays d. x-ray crystallography

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