What describes the structure or function of the pancreas?

What will be an ideal response?


Secret insulin, located in back of abdomen behind stomach, secretes enzymatic juices that aid in digestion

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Permafrost is ____

a. a temporary pool of water in an estuary b. a permanent pool of water in the grasslands c. permanently frozen ground in the polar icecap d. temporary frozen ground in the polar icecap e. permanently frozen layer of ground in the tundra

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Which of the following quantities of alcoholic

beverages have the least damaging effect on the liver? a. 12 ounces of beer b. 5 ounces of wine c. 1.5 ounces of vodka d. either 12 ounces of beer or 5 ounces of wine e. all have the same amount of ethanol and therefore have similar effects on the liver

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Four of the five answers listed below are related by a common action that retains nitrogen in the

biomass. Select the exception. a. decomposition b. ammonification c. nitrification d. nitrogen fixation e. denitrification

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E. coli, a protozoan that ranges from 15 to 25 µm in diameter, can contain up to eight nuclei in mature cysts. How would the karyosome expect to appear on a stained slide?

a. Small, usually compact b. Large, usually compact c. Small, irregularly shaped d. Large, not compact

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