________ is an autoimmune disease.
A. Melanoma
B. Multiple sclerosis
C. Herpes
D. Polio
Answer: B
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The most acute allergic response is anaphylactic shock, which can be deadly due to the histamine-induced
A) increase in capillary permeability. B) increase in peripheral resistance that decreases cardiac output. C) decrease in peripheral resistance that decreases mean arterial pressure. D) decrease in peripheral resistance that increases cardiac output. E) local decrease in resistance with little effect on mean arterial pressure.
Muscular dystrophy is caused by a mutation in dystrophin, and intracellular protein that binds to the cytoskeleton. Dystrophin also binds to ________, which is found in the plasma membrane of the cell and binds the extracellular matrix.
A. an actin filament B. a tight junction C. an integrin D. a cadherin E. a gap junction
Destroyed tissue throughout the lungs and the presence of acid-fast bacteria in a sputum sample likely indicate infection by
a. Bordetella pertussis. b. Corynebacterium diphtheriae. c. Mycobacterium tuberculosis. d. Streptococcus pneumoniae.