If total cross-sectional area of vessels in an organ remains the same but blood flow to that organ increases, what happens to velocity of blood?

What will be an ideal response?


increased

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If red blood cells are placed in a(n) ____________________ solution, water will enter the cells by osmosis

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Dendrites

A. use hormones to transmit information. B. transmit signals away from the cell body. C. manufacture proteins to be used by the neuron. D. transmit signals toward the cell body. E. release neurotransmitter.

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The characteristic of muscle that allows it to be passively stretched is

A. contractility. B. extensibility. C. conductivity. D. excitability. E. elasticity.

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Many of the functions of which organ are carried out by way of the pituitary gland, which is closely associated with it both anatomically and physiologically?

a) thymus gland b) hypothalamus c) thyroid gland d) pineal gland

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