When glucose is being used up and not replaced from food intake, the blood sugar level can be maintained by synthesizing glucose from smaller molecules such as pyruvate or lactate. This process is called gluconeogenesis
Which organ is principally responsible for supplying glucose to the rest of the body when glucose reserves are low?
(a) liver
(b) pancreas
(c) spleen
(d) gall bladder
(a)
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Four of the five answers listed below are compounds associated with anaerobic pathways. Select the exception
a. pyruvate b. lactic acid c. ethanol d. oxaloacetate e. phosphoglyceraldehyde (PGAL)
In alternation of generations, a diploid sporophyte goes through meiosis to form spores.
A. haploid B. tetraploid C. endo- D. diploid E. gameto-
Allergies that trigger whole-body responses can trigger the deadly condition ____
a. hypertension b. anaphylactic shock c. stroke d. myocardial infarction e. uremic shock
Which of the following is false?
A) In a reciprocal cross, if an offspring has the mother's phenotype for both crosses, cytoplasmic inheritance is responsible. B) In maternal effect, an offspring will have the genotype of their mother. C) When a maternal effect gene is seen, the offspring will demonstrate the phenotype of the mother's genotype. D) The direction of shell coiling in Lymnaea peregra is influenced by the orientation of the first cleavage division. E) It is safe to say that a maternal effect is caused by the genotype, not the phenotype, of the parent producing the egg.