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#Question id: 11132

The sensation of temperature is signaled mainly by warm and cold receptors whose sensory fibers travel in association with the sensory fibers carrying pain signals. Which of the following statements best characterizes the transmission of signals from warm receptors?

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Warm receptors are well characterized histologically
Signals from warm receptors are mainly transmitted along slow-conducting type C sensory fibers
Warm receptors are located well below the surface of the skin in the subcutaneous connective tissue
There are 3 to 10 times more warm receptors than cold receptors in most areas of the body

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#Question id: 56

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Trace elements are those required by an organism in only minute quantities. Which of the following is a trace element that is required by humans and other vertebrates, but not by other organisms such as bacteria or plants?

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#Question id: 3030

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Which of the following features of prokaryotic biology involves metabolic cooperation among cells?

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#Question id: 10953

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

What condition leads to a deficiency in factor IX that can be corrected by an intravenous injection of vitamin K?

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#Question id: 10389

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

The amount of light absorb by the plant per square meter (µmol m–2) known as