Two functions of arteries are ____________________ and ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


passageway to tissues, pressure reservoir

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Some odors cause visceral reactions, such as a gagging response to the smell of rotten food. Such responses are a result of olfactory pathways through the

A.  cerebellum. B.  amygdala. C.  thalamus. D.  hypothalamus. E.  cerebrum.

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Torque is the angular analogue of what?

A. momentum B. force C. mass D. impulse

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Hypophysiotropic hormones

a. control the release of oxytocin and vasopressin from the posterior pituitary b. travel via neuron axons from the hypothalamus to the anterior pituitary c. are carried in the hypothalamo-hypophyseal portal system d. are released upon positive-feedback stimulation via anterior pituitary tropic hormones e. always act to stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones

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The major route of excretion for sodium ions (under normal conditions) is the

A. skin. B. kidney. C. GI tract. D. adrenal cortex. E. sweat.

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