Define glycogen

What will be an ideal response?


Polysaccharide used to store cellular energy.

Anatomy & Physiology

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A twelve-year-old girl who is passing through puberty suddenly has several dental caries, even though for many years she has had no problem. What are caries, and why might she have become vulnerable to getting them lately?

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Anatomy & Physiology

A form of rheumatism that does not affect the joints is called ____

a. tendinitis b. tetanus c. myasthenia gravis d. fibromyalgia

Anatomy & Physiology

The primary factor responsible for moving the chyme forward in the small intestine is

a. mass movement b. migrating motility complex c. a gradient in the frequency of segmentation along the length of the small intestine d. sequential ring-like contractions that move progressively forward along the length of the small intestine in a stripping motion, pushing the chyme ahead of the contraction e. stimulation of the intestinal smooth muscle by enterokinase

Anatomy & Physiology

The most dangerous type of skin cancer is termed

A) cyanosis. B) basal cell carcinoma. C) malignant melanoma. D) metastasis. E) melanosome.

Anatomy & Physiology