The action of the rectus femoris is to

a. extend the knee
b. rotate the leg medially
c. rotate the leg laterally


Answer: a. extend the knee

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Which of the following is not a possible cause of autoimmune disease?

a. reduction in suppressor T cell activity b. prolonged treatment with anti-inflammatory drugs c. exposure of normally inaccessible self-antigens d. modification of normal self-antigens e. exposure to a foreign antigen almost identical structurally to a self-antigen

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If oxygen levels drop such that glucose metabolism becomes primarily anaerobic, then the amount of ATP produced per glucose molecule will

A.  increase slightly.
B.  remain roughly the same.
C.  be halved.
D.  decrease to much  less than half of what it was.

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The area underneath the middle meninx where cerebrospinal fluid is located is the __________ space

Fill in the blank with correct word.

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The lingual salivary glands are

A. multicellular exocrine glands. B. unicellular endocrine glands. C. unicellular exocrine glands. D. multicellular endocrine glands.

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