Distinguish mycotoxicosis from mycetismus.
What will be an ideal response?
Although both mycotoxicosis and mycetismus are acquired by vehicle transmission, they are ingested in different ways. Mycotoxicosis is a result of eating food that has become contaminated with fungi that have produced the toxins that are ingested. Aflatoxins are the best known mycotoxins. Mycetismus is a result of eating poisonous mushrooms. This usually occurs when a person picks and eats unidentified wild mushrooms.
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A. metaproteomics B. both metagenomics and metaproteomics C. metagenomics D. None of the choices are correct.
If animals were unable to produce pectin, what effect would this have on their epithelial tissues?
A. It would have no effect on epithelial tissue structure or function. B. Epithelial cells would be unable to adhere to one another. C. Epithelial cells would be unable to communicate with one another. D. Epithelial cells would be unable to adhere to the extracellular matrix. E. Epithelial cells would be unable to form organized sheets of cells.
Which statement about the Malpighian tubules is FALSE?
a. Water and some solutes are transported into the Malpighian tubules via active transport. b. The Malpighian tubules empty into the gut of the insect. c. Water, some salts, and other solutes are reabsorbed into the hemolymph in the rectum. d. The excretory system of an insect may contain up to several hundred Malpighian tubules. e. The blind ends of the Malpighian tubules are bathed in hemolymph
You cut your finger, and after putting pressure on the wound for several minutes, you notice that it is still bleeding profusely. What may be the problem?
A) Platelets are not functioning properly, or there are too few to be effective. B) Mast cells are not releasing their chemical messengers. C) There are too many antigens to allow clotting. D) Hemoglobin levels are too high to allow clotting.