Parasympathetic innervation to the heart
a. involves the vagus nerve
b. decreases the rate at which the pacemaker potential reaches threshold
c. decreases the strength of ventricular contraction
d. is characterized by all of the above
e. is characterized by only a and b
D
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Carbon and oxygen atoms are removed as carbon dioxide in a process called
A) anabolism. B) decarboxylation. C) deamination. D) oxidative phosphorylation. E) substrate-level phosphorylation.
The cheekbones are anatomically termed the ________ bones.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).