According to _______ law, making the respiratory membrane thicker by coating it with excess mucus would cause ______ (increase or decrease?) the exchange rate of gases through that membrane

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


Fick's, decrease

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A) The sternum B) The heart C) Spleen D) The brain

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This type of tissue can be classified by the shape and arrangement of its cells

A) Epithelial B) Connective C) Muscle D) Nervous

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The golf-ball sized structure found inferior to the urinary bladder, and surrounding the most proximal portion of the urethra, is called the __________.

A. seminal vesicle B. urethra C. bulbourethral gland D. prostate gland E. ejaculatory duct

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Nervous tissue consists predominantly of two cell types, neurons and ________

A) myocytes B) fibroblasts C) neuroglia D) chondrocytes E) osteocytes

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