Our taste buds are most receptive to which of the following types of compounds?

A) sweet
B) salty
C) sweet and salty
D) bitter
E) umami


D

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Glucose is reabsorbed _______.

A) through transmembrane proteins B) into the peritubular capillaries C) by secondary active transport D) by facilitated diffusion E) All of the above are correct

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Which of the following statements regarding higher brain functions is true?

A. A person with damage only to Wernicke's area of the brain will lose the ability to recognize faces. B. Both "a person with damage only to Broca's area of the brain will understand spoken or written speech but will have difficulty speaking" and "a person with damage only to Wernicke's area of the brain will have motor aphasia" are true. C. A person with damage only to Broca's area of the brain will understand spoken or written speech but will have difficulty speaking. D. A person with damage only to Wernicke's area of the brain will have motor aphasia. E. Both "a person with damage only to Broca's area of the brain will understand spoken or written speech but will have difficulty speaking" and "a person with damage only to Wernicke's area of the brain will lose the ability to recognize faces" are true.

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The chief force pushing water and solutes out of the blood across the filtration membrane is ________

A) the ionic electrochemical gradient B) glomerular hydrostatic pressure (glomerular blood pressure) C) protein-regulated diffusion D) the size of the pores in the basement membrane of the capillaries

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