EBK HUMAN BIOLOGY
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Author: MCMILLAN
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 14, Problem 5CT
In a rock climber like the man pictured in Figure 14.25, which organs of equilibrium are activated?
Figure 14.25 Dangling upside down affects several organs of equilibrium. What are they?
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