The temperature-sensitive receptors that monitor skin and core temperature are termed ____________________

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thermoreceptors

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a. the fetus. b. the fetal portion of the placenta. c. the inner cell mass. d. the amniotic sac. e. the corpus luteum of pregnancy.

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The most common cell making up the alveolar wall is the

A.  alveolar type II cell. B.  alveolar type I cell. C.  alveolar macrophage. D.  dust cell. E.  septal cell.

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