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Q: List the routes by which water enters and leaves the body.

A: Water is essential for ensuring the metabolic activities and survival of an organism. Water helps in...

Q: The sciatic nerve is actually two nerves combined within the samesheath. The two nerves are thea. fe...

A: Introduction: A fiber bundle that utilizes chemical and electrical signals for transmitting motor an...

Q: How does the cardiovascular system aid the body’s nonspecific and specific defenses?

A: The immune system is necessary to maintain life without an immune system, bacteria, viruses, fungi, ...

Q: What is the purpose of Lugol's solution?  What is the use of Benedict's solution?

A: Jean Lugol, a physician from France was the first to introduce Lugol's solution in the year 1829. It...

Q: What is receptor desensitization?

A: Receptors are referred to as protein molecules present on the surface of the cell to which ligand bi...

Q: Example of itchy skin lesion

A: Itchy skin is an annoying/irritating and uncontrollable sensation, also known as scabies that makes ...

Q: Discuss the importance of standard ISO 10993. What are the elements of this standard? How would you ...

A: ISO stands for International Organization for Standardization. It is a world-class, standard-setting...

Q: Describe the role of photoreceptors in vision.

A: Eyes are the delicate organs which provide a special sense of vision. It occurs in pair and consists...

Q: Discuss how detraining following strength training affects muscle fiber size and strength.

A: The physiological adaptations that occur at the time of endurance training slowly come down to norma...

Q: A solution containing 6.35 g nonelectrolyte dissolved in 500g of water freezes at -0.465°C. Determin...

A: Freezing point depression is defined as the point at which the freezing point of the solution is low...

Q: Define the role of the cerebellum

A: The brain's part between the cerebrum and the brain stem at the back of the head is also known as th...

Q: Why do muscle cells use creatine phosphate instead of glycolysis to supply ATP for the first few sec...

A: Muscle cells are also called muscle fibers, are responsible for the formation of muscle tissue. Musc...

Q: On Figure 1, what is occurring at the positions C indicated by black arrows?

A: Answer: There is the formation of 'Replication fork' at position C in the given diagram. 

Q: 1. A patient is found to have acidosis. What does this mean? And would you treat the condition with ...

A: 1.Acidosis is produced due to the acid overproduction in the blood or an excessive loss of bicarbona...

Q: A shoulder separation results from injury to the ________.a. glenohumeral jointb. costoclavicular jo...

A: The appendicular skeleton comprises all of the limb bones and the bones that join each limb with the...

Q: What is apoptosis? How is it beneficial to the body

A: The function and structural unit of all living organisms, that is, the cell, performs several cellul...

Q: What type of intercellular junction provides resistance tomechanical stress at a single point?

A: Intracellular junctions, also called cell junctions, are the cellular structures comprised of protei...

Q: During embryonic development, what features do we share with tunicates or lancelets?

A: In developmental biology, embryonic development, also known as embryogenesis, is the development of ...

Q: Q 5) What is the role of kidney in maintaining the blood pressure regulation?

A: The renal system is the principal organ system of the organisms’ body, comprising two kidneys, a bla...

Q: What are three functions of ATP in muscle contraction?

A: The muscle tissue present in the human body is primarily responsible for the movement in the body. T...

Q: Name the vessels that arise from the aortic arch.

A: The most vital artery of the circulatory system is the aorta. It is divided into three branches, suc...

Q: Explain how hormones control appetite.

A: Appetite is the desire to eat food, sometimes due to hunger. Appealing foods can stimulate appetite ...

Q: Gluconeogenesis occurs in liver and kidney. Which is of the following enzyme are important for gluco...

A: The process called cellular respiration helps the organism to combine oxygen with foodstuffs and the...

Q: Which of the three basic embryonic tissues—ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm—gives rise to most of th...

A: The skeletal system of the body consists of bones and joints. In an adult human body, there are a to...

Q: Compare the layers of the pericardium and the heart wall.

A: The human circulatory system is one of the major eleven organ systems in the human body and is respo...

Q: Which are different chemicals that can generate the sensation of taste?

A: Tougue comprises several papillae that contain taste buds that help in determining the taste of food...

Q: Explain hydrocephalus along pathophysiological mechanism implied in the cerebrospinal fluid producti...

A: The human brain and the spinal cord consists of a clear, colorless fluid known as cerebrospinal flui...

Q: Linear, analytical, and verbal thinking occurs in the ___________ hemisphere of the cerebrum, which ...

A: The topmost portion of the brain is the cerebrum. It comprises two hemispheres separated by a centra...

Q: Brieflydescribe the two lines of blood cells that develop duringhemopoiesis

A: Introduction: The process of hemopoiesis starts in the red bone marrow. The formed elements of blood...

Q: Describe the effects of aging on the endocrine system.

A: The endocrine system is a system that helps in maintaining the metabolic activities within the body ...

Q: Passive immunitya. is permanent.b. may result from immunoglobulin injections.c. requires memory B ce...

A: Passive immunity is provided when a person is given antibodies to a disease rather than producing th...

Q: Compare and contrast the functions of the thymus and spleen.

A: The lymphatic system is a part of the circulatory system as well as the immune system. Immunology is...

Q: List the causes of congenital disorders.

A: An abnormality in the child's structure or function at the time of birth despite the cause that cont...

Q: Explain the importance of the surface area/volume(SA/V) ratio to animal form and function.

A: The surface area to volume ratio can be defined as the total surface area to the unit volume for an ...

Q: Select the best answer or answers from the choices given: The portion of the fibrous layer that is w...

A: The eye is our organ of sight. The eye has a number of components which include but are not limited ...

Q: The two ureters and the urethra form theboundaries of a smooth area called theon the floor of the ur...

A: The urinary bladder is one of the organs of the excretory system whose function is to store the urin...

Q: Explain the following jaw movements: protraction,retraction, lateral excursion, medial excursion, el...

A: The jaw muscles move the jaw in a complex three-dimensional manner during jaw movements. There are t...

Q: what substance is between the vertebre

A: The spine is separated into three important regions such as the cervical, the thoracic, and the lumb...

Q: Which of the following is an unregulated process in the digestive tract? a. secretion of cholecystok...

A: The digestive tract can be defined as the hollow structure, which is formed by the attachment of the...

Q: What does curriculum look like at the infant-toddler level?  Who determines this?

A: In early childhood education and care, the term curriculum refers to the knowledge and skills that a...

Q: What are the general shape, diameter, and length of the spinal cord, and where is it housed?

A: The brain and spinal cord are jointly form body central nervous system. The brain is the control and...

Q: What would be the advantage to a wolf inhaving its sympathetic nervous system stimulate the piloerec...

A: The piloerector muscles, which makes skin hair to stand up as  goose pumps; the diameter of the pupi...

Q: How does the autonomic nervous system differ functionally and anatomically from the somatic motor sy...

A: The peripheral nervous system component that helps the body's involuntary movement is called the aut...

Q: Select the best answer or answers from the choices given: The vitamin associated with calcium absorp...

A: A vitamin is an organic molecule that is an essential micronutrient which an organism needs in small...

Q: Why do smell and taste diminish with age?

A: Aging can influences all the senses but hearing and vision are mostly affected. In general, such pro...

Q: The  circuit takes blood to and from the tissues. a. systemic b. pulmonary c. coronary d. atrial

A: Blood is a unique body fluid that circulates throughout the body in various circuits and helps in th...