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37) which of the following respiratory structures has the largest cumulative cross-sectional area?

a) bronchioles

b) trachea

c) primary bronchi

d) secondary bronchi

e) alveoli

50) Which of the following molecules is not filtered into Bowman’s capsule in a health nephron?

A) water

b) plasma proteins

c) Na+

d) Ca+2

glucose

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B. Interstitial fluid flows into the capillary where the blood pressure driving fluid into the bloodstream is greater than the osmotic pressure driving fluid out of the blood

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QUESTION 11 True or False: When an electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) shows a flat line (aka asystole), medical personnel will restart the heart using a defibrillator.

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c) gluconeogenesis using amino acids

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Which can cross the phospholipid bilayer of a membrane without assistance from transport proteins?

A.

Ions such as Na+.

B.

Small hydrophobic molecules such as O2.

C.

Small hydrophilic molecules such as glucose.

D.

Any small molecule or ion.

QUESTION 2

Which transport process requires a cell to expend energy?

A.

Moving a solute up its concentration gradient.

B.

No transport processes require energy.

C.

Moving a solute either up or down its concentration gradient.

D.

Moving a solute down its concentration gradient.

QUESTION 3

Imagine a cell whose membrane is permeable to water, but impermeable to solute X. If solute X is more concentrated outside the cell than inside, which way will water move by osmosis?

A.

Water will not move in either direction, in or out of the cell.

B.

Water will move equally in both directions, in and out of the cell.

C.

Water will leave the cell.

D.

Water will enter the cell.

QUESTION 4

The cellular structure that encloses the DNA/genes is the

ribosome.

plasma membrane.

nucleus.

mitochondrion.

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The part of metabolism that builds larger, more complex molecules or structures from smaller, simpler components is

A.

anabolism.

B.

catabolism.

C.

catalysis.

D.

hydrolysis.

QUESTION 6

In an exergonic reaction

A.

the reactants have more energy than the products, so energy is absorbed.

B.

the reactants have more energy than the products, so energy is released.

C.

the reactants have less energy than the products, so energy is released.

D.

the reactants have less energy than the products, so energy is absorbed.

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