The vitamin D deficiency disease that develops in adults is known as:
a. osteomalacia
b. rickets.
c. macular degeneration.
d. pellagra.
e. scurvy.
a
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Growth and development generally occurs:
A) most rapidly during adulthood. B) in a predictable and orderly manner throughout the life cycle. C) in a random and unpredictable manner during late adulthood. D) at a very slow rate during infancy.
____ comprise the category of people that adopt an innovation readily, usually without input from significant others
a. Early adopters b. Innovators c. Early majority d. Laggards
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A) circulating HDLs pick up cholesterol from VLDLs and LDLs and transport it to adipose cells for storage in body fat. B) circulating HDLs pick up cholesterol from dying cells and arterial plaques and transfer it to other lipoproteins, which return it to the liver. C) circulating VLDLs and LDLs pick up cholesterol from dying cells and arterial plaques and transfer it to adipose cells for storage in body fat. D) circulating chylomicrons transfer their cholesterol to HDLs, which return it to the liver.