What external layers must a sperm penetrate in order to fertilize the egg?

What will be an ideal response?


The corona radiata and the zona pellucida

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Where on a neuron would you expect to find myelin?

A. round the dendrites B. at the axon hillock C. along the axon D. at the synapse

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Food is classified as a bolus in which digestive structure?

a. large intestine b. liver c. mouth d. small intestine e. stomach

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56. In this diagram, the Y-axis of the graph shows values of "Incidence of Illness" in infants. The varying numbers of infants getting sick with rotavirus represents the


This figure shows graphed medical research results from a study on a new vaccine. The research was done in an effort to determine if a new vaccine would be effective in preventing potentially dangerous rotavirus infections in infants. Green data bars represent occurrence of infant cases that had normal rotavirus strains that aren't critically dangerous. Blue data bars represent occurrence of infant cases that had more dangerous rotavirus strains that can hospitalize or lead

A. normal infant baseline for reference to results from this medical study.
B. control group of infants in this medical study.
C. dependent variable of this medical study.
D. independent variable of this medical study.
E. standardized variable of this medical study.


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What property describes the plasma membrane's ability to regulate movement of molecules into and out of the cell?

a. polarity b. integrity c. permeability d. solubility

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