When your diaphragm contracts, it's the volume of your thoracic cavity and The volume of your abdominal cavity.

Increases, decreases
Decreases, increases


Increases, decreases

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Because of countercurrent multiplication, the loop of Henle is able to establish a vertical osmotic gradient in the renal medulla up to 1,200 mOsm/liter, despite the fact that the active salt pump of the ascending limb is only able to produce a 200 mOsm/liter osmotic gradient at each horizontal level

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Transamination

A. results in free fatty acids. B. requires glucose. C. can be used to synthesize essential amino acids. D. involves removing an amine group from an amino acid. E. directly produces urea.

Anatomy & Physiology

Which sympathetic pathway involves a preganglionic neuron that synapses with a ganglionic neuron in a sympathetic trunk ganglion, but the postganglionic axon does not leave the trunk via a gray ramus?

A. Splanchnic nerve pathway B. Adrenal medulla pathway C. Postganglionic sympathetic nerve pathway D. Spinal nerve pathway E. None of the choices is correct.

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The rhythmic, wavelike motion produced by smooth muscles in tubular visceral organs is called ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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