Some given infectious disease which were caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses and some parasites, Match the following disease with caused by the human pathogens;

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Steroid and polypeptide hormones typically have in common ________.

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A cluster of tumor cells that produces and secretes growth factors to induce surrounding cells to grow and divide is showing which type of cell-to-cell signaling?

#Question id: 11548

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

If a portion of the pancreas is surgically removed from a rat and the rat subsequently loses its appetite, one explanation is that the removed portion contains cells that secrete a chemical signal that somehow stimulates appetite. Given this scenario, what type of chemical signaling is occurring?

#Question id: 11549

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

If a biochemist discovers a new molecule, which of the following pieces of data would allow her to draw the conclusion that the molecule is a steroid hormone?

I) The molecule is lipid soluble.

II) The molecule is derived from a series of steps beginning with cholesterol.

III) The molecule acts at a target tissue some distance from where it is produced.

IV) The molecule uses a transport protein when in an aqueous solution such as blood.

#Question id: 11550

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following are similar in structure to cholesterol?

I) estradiol

II) insulin

III) glucocorticoids

IV) testosterone

V) antidiuretic hormone

#Question id: 11551

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Polypeptides can have which of the following types of effects?

I) autocrine

II) paracrine

III) endocrine