Billions of consumer dollars are spent for deodorants and antiperspirants each year. Explain the production of body odors frequently associated with axillary skin
What will be an ideal response
Sweat is mostly an odorless watery secretion produced by eccrine and apocrine glands. The odor usually arises when bacteria break down lipids and proteins in the surface secretions.
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The adjustment of respiratory rate due to blood pressure rising and falling results from the stimulation or inhibition of the respiratory centers by sensory fibers in which cranial nerve(s)?
A) vagus (X) and accessory (XI) B) hypoglossal (XII) only C) glossopharyngeal (IX) and vagus (X) D) vagus (X) and hypoglossal (XII) E) glossopharyngeal (IX) and hypoglossal (XII)
ADH (antidiuretic hormone)
A. is produced by cells of the anterior pituitary. B. is stored and released from the posterior pituitary. C. has the uterus as its primary target. D. travels on axons to its target tissue. E. travels in the blood from the hypothalamus to the posterior pituitary.
The parietal pleura would represent a serous membrane ________
A) lining the abdominal cavity B) covering the heart C) covering individual lungs D) lining the thoracic cavity
Hemoglobin may increase in animals as a result of
a. seasonal changes. b. locomotory activity. c. anemia. d. all of these. e. none of these.