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#Question id: 12564


A prime factor promoting the adaptive radiation of Darwin's finches on the Galapagos Islands was the

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. Variety of available and suitable habitats
  2. High predation pressure
  3. Genetic uniformity of the original invading population of birds
  4. Presence of true warblers and true woodpeckers on the islands
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#Question id: 11076

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following will decrease pulmonary blood flow resistance?

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#Question id: 11077

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A person’s normal tidal volume is 400 ml with a dead space of 100 ml. The respiratory rate is 12 breaths/min. The person is placed on ventilator for surgery and the tidal volume is 700 with a rate of 12. What is the approximate alveolar Pco2 for this person?

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#Question id: 11078

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A child has been eating round candies approximately 1 and 1.5 cm in diameter and inhaled one down his airway blocking his left bronchiole. Which of the following will describe the changes that occur?


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#Question id: 11079

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

The diffusing capacity of a gas is the volume of gas that will diffuse through a membrane each minute for a pressure difference of 1 mm Hg. Which of the following gases is often used to estimate the oxygen diffusing capacity of the lungs?

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#Question id: 11080

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

The O2-CO2 diagram here shows a ventilation-perfusion ratio line for the normal lung. Which of the following best describes the effect of decreasing ventilation-perfusion ratio on the alveolar Po2 and Pco2?


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#Question id: 11081

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

In which of the following conditions is alveolar Po2 increased and alveolar Pco2 decreased?