The disorder shown in one of the identical twins seen in this figure is due to a hypersecretion of hormones by which endocrine gland?
a) Thyroid gland
b) Pineal gland
c) Parathyroid gland
d) Pituitary gland
e) Pancreas
d
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A) the junction of the two brachiocephalic veins to form the superior vena cava. B) the junction of the internal jugular and subclavian veins. C) the angle that the internal jugular vein makes as it crosses the sternocleidomastoid muscle. D) the angle that the axillary vein makes as it crosses the clavicle. E) the angle that the anterior jugular vein makes with the midline of the neck.
You are a scientist who has been hired to write a screenplay for a popular TV series. The plot involves the discovery by a rogue botanist of a plant toxin that interferes with the function of the exchange pump responsible for the chloride shift. This scientist provides the toxin to bioterrorists. What should you write for the coroner to say about symptoms in the poisoning victims?
What will be an ideal response?
Once fertilization has occurred, the activities of development begin. The first such activity is ________
A) the formation of organ systems B) cellular specialization C) an increase in cell number
mRNA is needed to synthesize ________ in the cytoplasm
A) carbohydrates B) lipids C) proteins D) phospholipids E) ATP