The disorder resulting from insufficient secretion of antidiuretic hormone is ____________________.

diabetes vulgaris
polyuria
diabetes insipidus
diabetes mellitus
none of the choices are correct


diabetes insipidus

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The allele for cleft chin (C) is dominant to the allele for uncleft chin (c). A male and female who are both heterozygous for cleft chin have a child. What is the chance that this child will have an uncleft chin?

A. 25% B. 50% C. 75% D. 100% E. 0%

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A. arrector pili corpuscles. B. lamellated corpuscles. C. tactile corpuscles. D. Krause bulbs. E. Ruffini corpuscles.

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The effect of acetylcholine can be stimulating or inhibiting. Which of the following gives the best explanation for why this is so?

A) Acetylcholine has many different forms. B) Acetylcholine has a "dose effect". Larger doses are stimulating while small doses inhibit. C) Postsynaptic cells have a dynamic and changing metabolism and respond differently at different times. D) Different post synaptic cells will have different receptors.

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