Promoter consensus sequence was derived by aligning 300 sequences known to function as s70 promoters and ascertaining the most common base found at each position in the –35 and –10 hexamers are,

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A neonate develops a jaundice condition with a bilirubin concentration of 10 mg/dL on day 2 (normal is 3 mg/dL at 2 days old). The neonatologist can be confident that the condition is not erythroblastosis fetalis if which of the following is true?

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#Question id: 12273

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following findings would likely be reported in a patient with a deficiency in iodine intake?

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#Question id: 12274

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Before intercourse, a woman irrigates her vagina with a solution that lowers the pH of the vaginal fluid to 4.5. What will be the effect on sperm cells in the vagina?

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#Question id: 20268

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Choose correct statements about synthesis and processing of antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin.

a. ADH and oxytocin are homologous nonapeptides (containing nine amino acids).

b. Are synthesized in the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus respectively.

c. The ADH neurons have their cell bodies primarily in the paraventricular nuclei.

d. The oxytocin neurons have their cell bodies primarily in supraoptic nuclei of the hypothalamus.

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#Question id: 20317

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following statements correctly describes the pathophysiology of Cushing's disease?

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#Question id: 20316

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following statements best describes Cushing's syndrome?