Which term refers to the initial branches of the trachea that lead into each lung?

a. bronchioles
b. alveoli
c. pleura
d. bronchi


Ans: d. bronchi

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The right atrium secretes atrial natriuretic hormone (ANH), which stimulates the kidneys to excrete salt and water into the urine. ANH acts antagonistically to what other hormone?  

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Cytosolic polypeptides are transported to a target organelle via

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When the genome of a particular species is said to include 20,000 protein-coding regions, what does this imply?

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