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Pulmonary surfactant

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
  1. keeps the alveoli from collapsing by reducing the surface tension.
  2. inflates the alveoli by increasing the surface tension.
  3. keeps the alveoli from collapsing by increasing the surface tension.
  4. increases the rate of gas exchange across the alveoli by the secretion of phospholipids.
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In some diabetic patients, glucose increases disproportionately and is unresponsive to an insulin challenge; under these conditions, how would oneʹs liver normally respond?

A) phosphorylating glucose for entry into the glycolytic pathway

B) saturating glucokinase with glucose

C) phosphorylating glucose for entry into the glycogen synthesis pathways