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#Question id: 11137


The motor (somatic nervous) system can alter the activities of its targets, the skeletal muscle fibers, because ________.

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  1. it is electrically coupled by gap junctions to the muscles
  2. its signals bind to receptor proteins on the muscles
  3. its signals reach the muscles via the blood
  4. it is connected to the internal neural network of the muscles
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#Question id: 11060

#SCPH28 | Zoology

A healthy, 25-year-old medical student participates in a 10-km charity run for the American Heart Association. Which of the following muscles does the student use (contract) during expiration?

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#Question id: 11061

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The pleural pressure of a normal 56-year-old woman is approximately −5 cm H2O during resting conditions immediately before inspiration (i.e., at functional residual capacity). What is the pleural pressure (in cm H2O) during inspiration?

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#Question id: 11061

#SCPH28 | Zoology

The pleural pressure of a normal 56-year-old woman is approximately −5 cm H2O during resting conditions immediately before inspiration (i.e., at functional residual capacity). What is the pleural pressure (in cm H2O) during inspiration?

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#Question id: 11062

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The alveolar pressure of a normal 77-year-old woman is approximately 1 cm H2O during expiration. What is the alveolar pressure during inspiration (in cm H2O)?

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#Question id: 11062

#SCPH28 | Zoology

The alveolar pressure of a normal 77-year-old woman is approximately 1 cm H2O during expiration. What is the alveolar pressure during inspiration (in cm H2O)?

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#Question id: 11063

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A man inspires 1000 ml from a spirometer. The intrapleural pressure was −4 cm H2O before inspiration and −12 cm H2O the end of inspiration. What is the compliance of the lungs?