The additional oxygen that must be taken into the body after strenuous exercise in order to return the tissues to pre-exercise conditions is called the ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


excess postexercise oxygen consumption (or EPOC)

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A comparison of the clinical hematocrit and true hematocrit would indicate that

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Since there are no genes coding for carbohydrates, nucleic acids, or lipids, how do cells produce them?

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