In the average adult, what are the primary routes of water and salt loss?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Most water is lost in the urine, but a significant amount is also lost by evaporation during breathing and across the skin, with minor amounts lost in the feces and sweat. For salt, the vast majority is lost in the urine, with tiny amounts lost in feces and sweat.
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A. Omohyoid B. Thyrohyoid C. Lateral pterygoid D. Sternothyroid E. Stylohyoid
Why would a premature infant require supplemental oxygen?
What will be an ideal response?
The third through eighth weeks of development are known as the ________ period.
A. pre-embryonic B. fetal C. embryonic D. cleavage
Which is true regarding the action of a neurolemmocyte?
A. Each neurolemmocyte can form a myelin sheath around many axons simultaneously. B. A neurolemmocyte is responsible for forming part of the blood-brain barrier. C. Neurolemmocytes function only within the CNS. D. Each neurolemmocyte can wrap only a 1 mm portion of a single axon. E. A neurolemmocyte attacks pathogens.