What phenomenon enables smooth muscle to maintain tension with comparatively less ATP consumption, as compared to skeletal muscle?
a. stretch phenomenon
b. jump phenomenon
c. piggy back phenomenon
d. click phenomenon
e. latch phenomenon
e
You might also like to view...
The sequence of events that produces growth at the epiphyseal plate is
A. hypertrophy, proliferation, calcification, ossification, and remodeling. B. hypertrophy, calcification, proliferation, cell death, ossification, and remodeling. C. proliferation, hypertrophy, calcification, cell death, ossification, and remodeling. D. calcification, hypertrophy, proliferation, ossification, cell death, and remodeling. E. proliferation, hypertrophy, cell death, calcification, ossification, and remodeling.
Which type of antibody is formed in response to parasitic infections and allergies, and has the effect of activating mast cells and basophils?
A. IgA B. IgB C. IgD D. IgE E. IgG
Describe the mechanics of ventilation
What will be an ideal response?
Metabolic rate can be measured with a respirometer that measures
A. water content of the breath in order to directly measure the products of cellular respiration. B. water content of the breath in order to indirectly measure the products of cellular respiration. C. temperature of the expired air in order to measure the rate of the sum of all reactions within the body. D. oxygen consumption in order to indirectly measure heat production and energy expenditure. E. temperatures of carbon dioxide and oxygen to determine how much the body warmed the respiratory gas.