#Question id: 16121
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
Match the following mechanisms (Column I) with their correct example (Column II).
Column I |
Column II |
A. Heat-generating and heat-retaining mechanisms |
i. increased metabolic rate (thyroid hormones, sympathetic nervous system) |
B. Heat-dissipating mechanisms |
ii. vasodilation of blood vessels of the skin
(decreased sympathetic tone) |
|
iii. increased activity of sympathetic cholinergic
fibers to sweat glands. |
|
iv. shivering |
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v. vasoconstriction of blood vessels of the skin (increased
sympathetic tone) |
#Question id: 1278
#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling
Vertebrate gap junctions are composed of:
#Question id: 10569
#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant
Plants that grow in saline environments, called
#Question id: 1065
#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling
Resistance of some animals to certain viral diseases is based on
#Question id: 4378
#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes
This serves as the promoter for 70% of eukaryotic genes and typically serves as a control region for genes that are transcribed at relatively low rates.