Also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, ____ is a progressive, degenerative disease of the motor neurons

What kind of junctions are impermeable junctions that join the lateral edges of epithelial cells near their luminal borders, thus preventing movement of materials between the cells?

a. gap junctions b. desmosomes c. luminal junctions d. plasma junctions e. tight junctions

The sympathetic nervous system

a. is always excitatory. b. innervates only tissues concerned with protecting the body against challenges from the outside environment. c. dominates in fight-or-fight situations. d. is part of the somatic nervous system. e. is part of the afferent division of the peripheral nervous system.

Joseph is exasperated at the request of his teacher to recite the extrinsic muscles of the eye and their function and rolls his eyes in frustration.  Which muscles did Joseph use to carry out this movement?

A. Medial rectus B. Inferior rectus C. Lateral rectus D. Inferior obliques

The body's first line of defense against invading organisms is the:

a. Immune response b. Inflammatory response c. Pathogenic response d. Skin and mucous membranes