Heme in hemoglobin contains four ____________________ -containing groups

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


iron

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A. Perception is the conscious awareness of external or internal stimuli. B. The cerebral cortex causes the feeling or sensation to come from the receptors being stimulated (in other words, the eyes seem to see and the ears to hear). This is called projection. C. Adaptation is an increase in sensitivity to continual stimuli. D. Generally, if pain is referred, then the area to which the pain is referred and the visceral organ involved are served by the same segment of the spinal cord. E. Phantom pain is pain that seems to come from a missing limb or other body part.

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Lead poisoning is most likely to cause

A) damage to the brain and peripheral nerves. B) inflammation and fibrosis in the lungs. C) various cancers. D) displacement of oxygen from hemoglobin.

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Continuous capillaries

A. are freely permeable to large molecules such as hormones. B. have a wall where the endothelial cells fit very tightly together. C. are more permeable than fenestrated capillaries but not as permeable as sinusoidal capillaries. D. have many thin areas called fenestrae. E. are characterized by continuous pores.

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A person with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus will develop

A) respiratory acidosis. B) acute respiratory alkalosis. C) metabolic acidosis. D) metabolic alkalosis. E) chronic respiratory alkalosis.

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