A circulatory route that has two sets of capillaries is known as a ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


portal system

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A) pulmonary ventilation B) transport of respiratory gases C) external respiration D) pulmonary respiration

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Which condition listed is also called morning sickness?

a) Emesis gravidarum b) Deformation c) Turner's syndrome d) Breech presentation e) Klinefelter's syndrome

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The area in which the nerve fibers of the retina leave the eye to become the optic nerve is called the

A. ora serrata. B. ciliary process. C. trochlea. D. optic disc. E. macula lutea.

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Which of the membranes are made only of connective tissue?

A. Meninges B. Serous membranes C. Mucous membranes D. Cutaneous membranes

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