You are camping and decide you will sample some wild berries. You soon start to feel ill and realize these berries have a toxic substance in them. On your way to the hospital, explain to your friends which organelles, in which organ of your body, are
detoxifying the toxin.
What will be an ideal response?
The smooth ER detoxifies substances, and the liver is a major site of this detoxification.
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What will be an ideal response?
The anatomical structure identified with the letter "R" in the figure above is the ____
a. pericardium b. cardiac muscle c. inferior vena cava d. right atrium e. heart apex
The ________, or thrombocytes, play a vital role in clotting
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
What term most correctly describes when energy released by the flow of an ion from high to low concentration fuels the transport of an unrelated substance from low to high concentration but in the same direction?
A) phosphotransferase system B) antiport C) primary active transport D) tertiary active transport E) symport