The JGC will respond positively to all of the following except ______.
A. dehydration
B. the sympathetic nervous system
C. hypertension
D. a decrease in NaCl concentration
Answer: C. hypertension
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. White blood cells are produced through the action of colony-stimulating factors. 2. Hemoglobin is made up of the protein heme and the red pigment globin. 3. Each heme contains an atom of iron and can transport one molecule of oxygen. 4. Each hemoglobin molecule can transport two molecules of oxygen. 5. Diapedesis is the process by which red blood cells move into tissue spaces from the interior of blood capillaries.
Which one of the following is NOT one of the nonspecific body defenses?
A) intact skin B) antibody production C) the inflammatory response D) fever E) natural killer cells
Changes in blood calcium levels affect the secretion of both PTH and calcitonin. PTH increases blood calcium levels but calcitonin decreases blood calcium levels. Calcium is therefore an humoral inhibitor of ________.
A. PTH B. both PTH and calcitonin C. calcitonin
When do cells divide? select all that apply.
a) when they grow large enough to have enough cytoplasm to distribute to their two daughter cells b) when neighboring cells die, opening up space in a tissue to be occupied by new cells c) when they snugly contact neighboring cells or when nutrients or growth factors are withdrawn d) when they have replicated their DNA, so they can give each daughter cell a duplicate set of genes