According to the Health & Wellness essay, The Growing Threat of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, which one of the following is TRUE?
A) The more we use antibiotics, the more we encourage the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains.
B) Antibiotics should be prescribed to treat viral infections, such as the common cold.
C) Consumers should support the use of antibiotics in livestock feeds and on fruit trees to decrease the incidence of food-borne infections.
D) Antibiotics kill only harmful bacteria.
E) Because of the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in medicine and society, some bacterial strains have now become less resistant to almost all currently existing antibiotics.
A
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A. Lamellisomes. B. dictyosomes. C. golgisomes. D. stigmata.
The egg is propelled down the uterine tube by
A. suction from the uterine contractions. B. simply drifting on the prevailing current of body fluids. C. flagella. D. uterine tube cilia and tubular muscle contractions.
Answer the following questions true (T) or false (F)
1. Because they form linings or coverings, epithelial tissues always face an open area or an exterior environment. 2. Smooth muscle may be moved by either voluntary or involuntary control depending on location in the body. 3. Subcutaneous fat tissue in humans is located mainly in the dermis.
A mutation in a gene that results in a defective protein product is known as a ____ mutation
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.