The type of breathing in which the thoracic volume changes because the rib cage changes shape, and inhalation occurs when contraction of the external intercostals elevates the ribs and enlarges the thoracic cavity, is called ________.

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costal breathing

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The fluid part of the blood is called ____________________

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During the process of egg donation, egg banks typically try to retrieve 15 or more (sometimes up to 40) eggs from one fertility cycle. They achieve this by administering drugs that stimulate larger-than-usual amounts of follicles to develop. This overdevelopment is called ________.

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All of the heart's sulci house blood vessels that supply the myocardium.

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

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What are oncogenes?

A. Environmental factors that affect DNA B. Genes that code for uncontrolled production of cellular growth factors C. Blood vessel growth D. Noncancerous growths

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