Stressed cells will often limit their activity in a fail-safe system to prevent self-destruction. A possible example of this is that when the delicate capillaries in the lungs are stressed by high blood pressure, they will stop making an enzyme (angiotensin converting enzyme) that creates further increases in blood pressure. This process is called __________.
A)autophagy
B)ubiquitinization
C)apoptosis
D)programmed cell death
A)autophagy
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A. tetrads. B. telomeres. C. sister chromatids. D. haploids. E. centromeres.
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Secretions from the corticotrophs activate cells of the _______, while secretions from the gonadotrophs affect cells of the ________.
A. adrenal cortex; gonads B. thyroid; mammary glands C. gonads; adrenal cortex D. mammary glands; gonads
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Fraternal twins develop from the same fertilized ovum.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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Which of the following terms might be found in the name of a muscle that increases the angle of a joint?
A) extensor B) flexor C) adductor D) abductor
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