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#Question id: 13017

Which of the following statements best describes the effect of climate on biome distribution?

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. Knowledge of annual temperature and precipitation is sufficient to predict which biome will be found in an area.
  2. Fluctuation of  environmental variables is  not  important if  areas  have  the  same  annual temperature and precipitation means.
  3. It is not only the average climate that is important in determining biome distribution, but also the pattern of climatic variation.
  4. Temperate forests, coniferous forests, and grasslands all have the same mean annual   temperatures and precipitation.
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#Question id: 12059

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A 19-year-old man is fed intravenously for several weeks following a severe automobile accident. The intravenous feeding leads to atrophy of the gastrointestinal mucosa most likely because the blood level of which of the following hormones is reduced?
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#Question id: 12058

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A 45-year-old man presents with abdominal pain and hematemesis. An abdominal exam was relatively benign, and abdominal x-rays were suggestive of a perforated viscus. Endoscopy revealed a chronically perforated gastric ulcer, through which the liver was visible. Which of the following is a forerunner to gastric ulcer formation?
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#Question id: 12057

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A tsunami tidal wave hits the east coast of South America and the people living there are forced to drink unclean water. Within the next several days, a large number of people develop severe diarrhea and about half of these people expire. Samples of drinking water are positive for Vibrio cholerae. Which of the following types of ion channels is most likely to be irreversibly opened in the epithelial cells of the crypts of Lieberkühn in these people with severe diarrhea?
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#Question id: 12056

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A 68-year-old woman with hematemesis has heartburn and stomach pain. Endoscopy shows inflammation involving the gastric body and antrum as well as a small gastric ulcer. Biopsies were positive for Helicobacter pylori. H. pylori damages the gastric mucosa primarily by increasing mucosal levels of which substance?
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#Question id: 12055

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following is a likely consequence of ileal resection?
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#Question id: 12054

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A 54-year-old woman eats a healthy meal. Approximately 20 min later the woman feels the urge to defecate. Which of the following reflexes results in the urge to defecate when the stomach is stretched?