Which of the following would not result in the dilation of the feeder arterioles and opening of the precapillary sphincters in systemic capillary beds?
A) a decrease in local tissue oxygen content
B) an increase in local tissue carbon dioxide
C) a local increase in histamine
D) a local increase in pH
C) a local increase in histamine
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The muscular tube that transports materials from the oral cavity to the esophagus is the ________.
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The type of contraction represented by a single stimulus/contraction/relaxation sequence is a(n)
A) Twitch. B) Incomplete tetanus. C) Complete tetanus. D) Summation. E) Incomplete summation
Which of the following statements best explains why disorders that damage the auditory ossicles often result in hearing loss?
What will be an ideal response?
The small paired structures at the base of the penis that secrete a thick, alkaline mucus are the
A) seminal vesicles. B) prostate glands. C) vestibular glands. D) Bartholin's glands. E) bulbourethral glands.