Wolff's law is concerned with ________.
A) vertical growth of bones being dependent on age
B) the thickness and shape of a bone being dependent on stresses placed upon it
C) the function of bone being dependent on shape
D) the diameter of the bone being dependent on the ratio of osteoblasts to osteoclasts
B) the thickness and shape of a bone being dependent on stresses placed upon it
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Select the correct statement about TSH
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Hanging from the posterior border of the soft palate is a cone-shaped muscular structure called the ____
a. tongue b. uvula c. papillae d. fungiform