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#Question id: 12967


Which of the following is the best explanation for why net primary productivity in terrestrial ecosystems tends to increase toward the tropics?

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. The higher species diversity in the tropics tends to increase plant growth. 
  2. There are lower metabolic costs to plant growth in the tropics.
  3. The availability of water and warm temperatures in the tropics fosters photosynthesis.
  4. The tropics have more predators that minimize herbivory.
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#Question id: 11074

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A 30-year-old woman performs a valsalva maneuver about 30 min after eating lunch. Which of the following best describes the changes in pulmonary and systemic blood volumes that occur in this woman?


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#Question id: 11073

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

The respiratory passageways have smooth muscle in their walls. Which of the following best describes the effect of acetylcholine and epinephrine on the respiratory passageways?

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#Question id: 11069

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A 22-year-old woman inhales as much air as possible and exhales as much air as she can producing the spirogram shown in the figure. A residual volume of 1.0 L was determined using the helium dilution technique. What is her functional residual capacity (in liters)?

 

 

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#Question id: 11067

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A preterm infant has a surfactant deficiency. Without surfactant, many of the alveoli collapse at the end of each expiration, which in turn leads to pulmonary failure. Which of the following sets of changes are present in the preterm infant, compared to a normal infant?


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#Question id: 11064

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

The diagram above shows three different compliance curves (S, T, and U) for isolated lungs subjected to various transpulmonary pressures. Which of the following best describe the relative compliances for the three curves?


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#Question id: 10879

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

If the inspiratory reserve volume is 3000 mL, the tidal volume is 500 mL, the expiratory reserve volume is 1000 mL, and the residual volume is 1000 mL, what is the vital capacity?