Some doctors prescribe synthetic thyroxine for weight loss even when circulating levels are normal. Will this work? What side effects are possible?
What will be an ideal response?
Thyroxine increases metabolism and induces weight loss. However, the complications are restlessness, irritability, intolerance to heat, and increased appetite.
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The wet mount and Gram stain of vaginal secretions from a patient who has bacterial vaginosis caused by Gardnerella vaginalis will reveal large:
a. squamous epithelial cells with numerous attached pleomorphic gram-variable or gram-negative coccobacilli and rods. b. numbers of large gram-positive rods. c. numbers of polymorphonuclear leuko-cytes. d. pleomorphic gram-negative rods with many leukocytes.
How much genetic information will an individual inherit from their mother?
a. 37% b. 78% c. 25% d. 100% e. 50%
Which molecule is released in tissues and diffuses to the target cell?
a. thyroid hormone b. insulin c. adrenalin d. prostaglandins e. growth hormone
Why is crossing over not possible in meiosis II?
A. Because the enzymes needed for it to occur are no longer present. B. Because homologous chromosomes are no longer in the same cell. C. Because prophase only occurs in meiosis I. D. Because meiosis II is much shorter than meiosis I.