The distance between the alveolar airspace and capillary endothelium is ________, allowing gases to diffuse ________ between them.
A) long, rapidly
B) short, rapidly
C) short, slowly
D) long, slowly
E) None of the answers are correct–distance does not affect diffusion rate.
B) short, rapidly
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A. protect underlying soft tissue and may be slightly curved. B. have elaborate shapes, and sometimes resemble sesame seeds. C. include the bones of the wrist that glide across each other. D. are, by definition, not at all curved. E. have a diaphysis and an epiphysis.
At what region of the neuron are action potentials first produced?
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The immunity that one receives from their mother both pre-natal and post-natal is referred to as
A) passive natural. B) passive artificial. C) active natural. D) active artificial.
Lacunae are located between the concentric layers of compact bone tissue called ______
a. osteons b. canaliculi c. osteocytes d. lamellae