Describe the main functions of the lymph vascular system

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The lymph vascular system serves three functions. First, its vessels serve as drainage channels for fluid that leaked out of capillaries and must be returned to the circulatory system. Second, it delivers fats absorbed by the small intestine to the blood. Third, it transports cellular debris, pathogens, and foreign cells to the lymph nodes.

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Devonian periods. These jawless fishes had skin heavily armored with bony plates and scales, and imprints of some of their fossils indicate that their brains had three regions.

a. acanthodians b. conodonts c. osteolepiforms d. placoderms e. ostracoderms

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In an atom, the number of neutrons determines most specifically the ________

A) element B) isotope C) ion state D) chemical properties

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Which of the following is of particular concern for causing damage by light energy?

a. higher-energy gamma radiation b. lower-energy gamma radiation c. higher-energy ultraviolet radiation d. lower-energy ultraviolet radiation

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The p300/CBP (CREB-binding protein) proteins are histone acetyltransferases that help regulate the transcription of many genes. Based on this information, you can conclude that these proteins

A. physically connect activator proteins. B. recruit helicases. C. acetylate purines. D. remodel chromatin.

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