Why is the external urinary sphincter under conscious control?

A. It is made of skeletal muscle.
B. It is made of smooth muscle.
C. It is part of the detrusor muscle.
D. It is made of adventitia.


Answer: A

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Therapeutic surgical removal of the thyroid gland was documented more than 1000 years ago. In the 19th century, a surgeon performing that procedure had only about 50% patient survival, and patient death was often unrelated to nonspecific complications such as infection or bleeding. What condition of the thyroid is so easily diagnosed that ancient surgeons would think to remove it? What hormonal

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________________________________________ immunity occurs with the ingestion of colostrum by a newborn

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Regarding X-linked traits, if a father with normal color vision has children with a heterozygous mother, what percentage of the daughters will have normal color vision?

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