After glycolysis, pyruvate is oxidized to one CO2 and the two-carbon molecule acetyl-CoA by a multienzyme system called the ________ ________ complex.

What will be an ideal response?


pyruvate dehydrogenase

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A) It undergoes protostome development. B) It is segmented. C) It is triploblastic. D) It has a coelom. E) It sheds its external skeleton to grow.

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Water levels are adjusted to meet the osmoregulatory needs of the organism in the _____ of the nephron under the control of _____, also called vasopressin

A. distal convoluted tubule; antidiuretic hormone B. loops of Henle; antidiuretic hormone C. collecting ducts; antidiuretic hormone D. distal convoluted tubule; diuretic hormone E. collecting ducts; diuretic hormone

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Colchicine, a chemical extracted from the autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale), inhibits the formation of

microtubules. Mitotic cells exposed to colchicine will therefore be arrested at ____.

a. anaphase b. interphase c. prophase d. telophase e. metaphase

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The most common cancer in woman is cancer of the ____

a. blood b. skin c. colon d. lung e. breast

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