Which of the following hormones stimulates an increase in basal metabolic rate as a tropic hormone?
a) prolactin
b) follicle-stimulating hormone
c) adrenocorticotropic hormone
d) thyroid-stimulating hormone
Answer: d) thyroid-stimulating hormone
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A) days are shorter than nights B) days are shorter than a certain critical value C) nights are shorter than days D) days and nights are of equal length
Protection of which of the following would least protect the brain from physical trauma?
1.dura mater 2.pia mater 3.arachnoid mater 4.skull
Genetic drift is the result of ________
A) natural selection B) chance C) a large gene pool D) environmental variation
During the third trimester of development, the major change that occurs in the growing unborn child is
A. development of the skeleton. B. a great increase in size. C. formation of legs and arms. D. morphogenesis.