In scleroderma, patients develop a buildup of collagen in their organs. Scleroderma is a disease of what tissue type?
A. Epithelial tissue
B. Muscle tissue
C. Connective Tissue
D. Nervous tissue
C. Connective Tissue
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A. psychrotroph B. aerotolerant microbe C. facultative anaerobe D. obligate aerobe E. microaerophile
What statement is an application of the first law of thermodynamics?
a. The level of entropy increases as time passes. b. Living organisms represent an exception to the laws of energy. c. The quantity of energy does not increase or decrease in the universe. d. Fungi and plants do not make their own energy but derive it from somewhere else. e. The amount of energy found in the compounds on one side of an equation is equal to that on the other side.
Familial Down syndrome is caused by a translocation involving chromosome 21
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What is the function of antidiuretic hormone?
a. It increases the permeability of the collecting ducts to sodium so more is reabsorbed. b. It causes a high volume of less concentrated urine to be produced. c. It increases aldosterone secretion. d. It decreases renin secretion. e. It increases the permeability of the collecting ducts to water so more is reabsorbed