The skin serves as which type of defense against pathogens?

A) innate response
B) protective immunity
C) barrier to infection
D) complement
E) adaptive immunity


Answer: C

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Touching a jellyfish can be a very painful experience whereas touching a comb jelly is not painful. Why is there a difference?

A. Ctenophores only use nematocycts for feeding, not for defense. B. Ctenphores do not possess nematocysts. C. Nematocysts in ctenophores lack venom. D. Ctenophores have very reduced nematocysts that cannot penetrate human skin.

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Distances between linked genes in centimorgans (cM) can be converted directly to the physical distances between them

on the chromosome. a. True b. False

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Based on electron configuration, which of the elements in the figure above would exhibit a chemical behavior most like that of oxygen?

A) carbon B) nitrogen C) sulfur D) phosphorus

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