Which hormone causes a decrease in fat storage and an increase in synthesis of muscle proteins?
a. growth hormone
b. oxytocin
c. prolactin
d. adrenaline
e. epinephrine
ANSWER: a
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a. include hot flashes at night. b. can be controlled by hormone replacement therapy. c. treatment can result in increased incidence of breast cancer. d. can be aggravated by alcohol. e. include all of these.
Oats are eaten by humans as oatmeal or rolled oats, and as feed for livestock such as cattle. In order for an oat plant to make the part we eat (the seed), it must flower and be pollinated. Typically, oat plants flower when days are lengthening (i.e., late spring to early summer). What is the best classification for oat plants?
A) long night B) short night C) night neutral D) short day
Stool is rich in which of the following organisms?
A) Actinomyces B) Bacteriodes C) Fusobacterium D) Streptococcus E) Neisseria
Which statement does not represent a way in which meiosis and mitosis differ?
A) Mitosis can occur in either haploid or diploid cells, but meiosis only occurs in diploid cells. B) The daughter cells of a mitotic division are identical, but those of a meiotic division are not. C) Chromosome replication occurs before mitotic division but not before meiotic division. D) In anaphase of mitosis, sister chromatids are separated, but in anaphase I of meiosis, homologous chromosomes are separated. E) In mitosis, each cell divides only once, whereas meiosis consists of two successive divisions.