In case of hemorrhage, platelets are stored as a reserve in
A) the heart.
B) the kidneys.
C) the spleen.
D) the thymus gland.
E) bone marrow.
C
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
All of the following statements refer to events of tissue repair. Put the events in proper numbered order according to the sequence of occurrence. The initial event, the injury, is already indicated as number one.
1. The skin receives a cut that penetrates into the dermis and bleeding begins. 2. Epithelial regeneration is nearly complete. 3. Granulation tissue is formed. 4. Blood clotting occurs and stops the blood flow. 5. The scar retracts. 6. Macrophages engulf and clean away cellular debris. 7. Fibroblasts elaborate connective tissue fibers to span the break.
Areas of gray matter in the interior of the CNS form larger groups called
A) columns. B) reverberating neurons. C) spinal nerves. D) cranial nerves. E) nuclei.
The efferent arteriole takes blood to the
A. afferent arteriole. B. peritubular capillaries. C. renal vein. D. glomerulus.