What is the location of the Oropharynx?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Extends inferiorly from the level of the soft palate to the epiglottis.

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When the muscle has used up its stored ATP and glucose but continues to have a plentiful supply of oxygen, which process will it turn to next to produce more energy for muscle contraction?

A) fatty acid oxidation B) fermentation of glucose to lactate C) protein catabolism D) ketosis

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Which of the following combining forms means breathing?

A. phren/o B. thorac/o C. spir/o D. pulmon/o

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__________-__________ disease occurs when destructive inflammatory processes "spill over" into normal tissue in the presence of excessive numbers of antigen-antibody complexes

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Which membrane surrounds the lungs in the thoracic cavity?

A. Peritoneum B. Pleura C. Pericardium D. Meninges

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