Compare and contrast sensible and insensible perspiration.
What will be an ideal response?
Sensible perspiration is a clear secretion produced by merocrine glands, termed sweat. Insensible perspiration occurs when water from the interstitial fluids slowly penetrates through the epidermis to be evaporated into the surrounding air.
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Just prior to menses,
A) ovulation occurs. B) a new uterine lining is formed. C) secretory glands and blood vessels develop in the endometrium. D) estrogen and progesterone levels drop. E) the corpus luteum is formed.
Which of the following is a stimulus for erythropoiesis?
a) reduced availability of oxygen b) reduced carbon dioxide availability c) leukemia d) high hematocrit
A chemical reaction rate can be increased by either ________ the temperature or ________ the activation energy.
A. decreasing; increasing B. increasing; increasing C. decreasing; decreasing D. increasing; decreasing
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease in which the myelin sheaths are destroyed in the brain and spinal cord. With what process does this interfere and what would be the consequences?
What will be an ideal response?