A vector is

a. an organism that causes disease.
b. a disease.

c. a substance that prevents disease.
d. an organism that transmits a disease causing organism.


d

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The movement of some molecules and ions out of excretory system tubules and back into body fluids

is

a. reabsorption. b. release. c. filtration. d. secretion. e. diffusion.

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Bacteria can act as probiotic agents, such as species of ________ added to yogurt, to help impart health effects to the intestinal tract. 

What will be an ideal response?

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What was the likely reason humans lost their hair (in comparison to our closet ape relatives)?

A. Hair can get matted and dirty which poses increased risk of exposure to disease, and thus that attribute was selected against. B. Male parental care increases in conjunction with a loss in body hair due to a dip in testosterone. Females thus likely selected for men with less body hair resulting in diminished body hair for humans over thousands of years. C. As humans became bipedal, they lost their body hair in order to better thermoregulate

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The two basic types of deafness are ________ and ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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