Characterize cardiac muscle cells

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Cardiac muscles branch, there are several nuclei per cell, and the cells "communicate" freely with each other via gap junctions, allowing the atria, and then the ventricles, to contract as a unit.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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When the production of glucose exceeds what the body needs, it is stored as _____ or used to synthesize fats.

A. urea B. bile C. adipose cells D. glycogen E. amylase

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What is a composite transposon, and in what ways can it transpose?

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The color that we see when looking at a pigmented object is ________

A) the wavelengths that are absorbed by the pigmented object B) the wavelengths that are reflected or transmitted by the pigmented object C) the wavelengths that have been raised to an excited state by the pigmented object D) the wavelengths that the pigmented object created after interacting with sunlight

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