This artery is sometimes referred to as the "widowmaker" because blockage of it often leads to fatal heart attack. It serves the front of the heart and is more formally called the (2 words) _________ __________ artery

Fill in the blank with correct word.


anterior interventricular or
left anterior descending

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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What condition could have the following symptoms: polyuria, acidosis, hyponatremia, and tetany of skeletal muscles?

A. hyposecretion of glucocorticoids B. hypersecretion of mineralocorticoids C. hyposecretion of androgens D. hyposecretion of mineralocorticoids

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Which two panels in the figure show a movement of a bone away from the midline of the body?

a) A and B b) B and D c) D and E d) F and A e) B and F

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A male expresses?

A. only the homozygous dominant alleles on his X chromosome. B. only the homozygous recessive alleles on his X chromosome. C. none of the alleles on his X chromosome. D. both the dominant and recessive alleles on his X chromosome. E. only the dominant alleles on his X chromosome.

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