The fertilized egg is called:
a. a zygote
b. an ovum
c. a morula
d. a blastocyst
a. a zygote
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Water and NaCl reabsorbed from the loop of Henle directly reenter which blood vessels?
A. Collecting ducts B. Efferent arterioles C. Vasa recta D. Cortical peritubular capillaries E. Afferent arterioles
Cells responsible for the secretion of calcitonin are located
A. on the posterior surface of the thyroid gland. B. between the follicles and among the cells that make up the follicle of the thyroid gland. C. within thyroid follicles. D. None of the choices are correct.
A series of metabolic reactions in the liver that converts lactate into glucose is called ________.
A. beta oxidation B. sugar cleavage C. the electron transport system D. the citric acid cycle E. the Cori cycle
In the nephron, the fluid that immediately precedes urine is known as ________.
A. renal filtrate B. glomerular filtrate C. tubular fluid D. medullary filtrate E. plasma