Myosin light-chain phosphatase is an enzyme that dephosphorylates the myosin heads in smooth muscle, which stops ATPase activity and fosters relaxation of smooth muscle

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TRUE

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__________ are glial cells in the CNS that help form the blood-brain barrier.

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Glucocorticoids are steroid hormones that usually enhance the immune responses when an individual is suffering from severe stress. 2. Direct gene activation involves a second-messenger system. 3. All peptide hormone synthesis requires gene activation that produces mRNA. 4. All adenohypophyseal hormones except GH affect their target cells via a cyclic AMP second messenger. 5. The primary source of RBCs in the adult human being is the bone marrow in the shafts of the long bones.

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Larva migrans is another name for creeping eruption

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The effects of the sympathetic nervous system are essentially opposite of the ________

A) central nervous system B) parasympathetic nervous system C) autonomic nervous system D) motor division E) sensory division

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