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#Question id: 11969

What is the importance of the mucus that are released by salivary glands?

#7. System Physiology – Animal
  1. They aid in degradation of triglycerides to fatty acids and monoglycerides.
  2. They are beginning the process of starch digestion.
  3. They are hormonal molecules that stimulate the release of gastric juice by the stomach in anticipation of receipt of the contents of the mouth.
  4. They are glycoproteins that make food slippery enough to slide easily through the esophagus
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#Question id: 11139

#7. System Physiology – Animal

In a simple synapse, neurotransmitter chemicals are released by ________.
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#Question id: 1281

#4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Which of the following is the term used to describe a thin, sheet-like meshwork of extracellular matrix components that can be found in epithelial cells?
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#Question id: 11075

#7. System Physiology – Animal

A 65-year-old man with emphysema due to 34 years of cigarette smoking is admitted to hospital due to dyspnea. With further tests the mean pulmonary arterial pressure is determined to be 45 mm Hg at rest. He is hypoxic (PO2 = 49 mm Hg), hypercapnic (85 mm Hg), and slightly acidotic. The cardiovascular and oxygen changes are due to which of the following?
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#Question id: 2269

#2. Cellular Organization

The rough ER is so named because it has an abundance of _______________ on it.
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#Question id: 19684

#13. Methods in Biology

Which of the following is used to measure the electrical activity of the heart?