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10 Jun (blank) _ stimulates the liver to break down glycogen to glucose

Question
1. _ (blank) _ stimulates the liver to break down glycogen to glucose and to use fat and protein over glucose as energy sources.

Select one:

a. Oxytocin

b. Insulin

c. Glucagon

d. Epinephrine

e. Calcitonin

2. What process allows the exchange of gases between the lungs and the blood?

Select one:

a. Diffusion

b. Osmosis

c. Filtration

d. Active transport

e. Ionic bonding

3. Which of the following levels of biological organization is the most inclusive?

Select one:

a. A tissue

b. An organ

c. An organism

d. An organ system

e. A cell

4. What two main parts are plant bodies divided in to?

Select one:

a. the leaf system and the stem system

b. the shoot system and the root system

c. the stem system and the root system

d. the root system and the leaf system

e. the branch system and the stem system

5. _ (blank) _ determines when a situation calls for fear.

Select one:

a. The hypothalamus

b. The medulla oblongata

c. The amygdala

d. The thalamus

e. The pons

6. What is the outer portion of the spinal cord that continuously passes information between the brain and the rest of the body?

Select one:

a. The corpus callosum

b. The thalamus

c. Gray matter

d. The meninges

e. White matter

7. Which is not a correct association of bone structures and functions?

Select one:

a. Growth plate-contributes to increase in bone length

b. Red bone marrow-source of blood cells

c. Osteons-tubular units of compact bone

d. Spongy bone-makes up the shaft of a long bone

e. Lacunae-tiny chambers in concentric circles around a central canal

8. What contributes to the presence of antibodies in a newborn baby?

Select one:

a. Active immunity from the mother

b. Passive immunity from the mother

c. Immunity rapidly developed after birth

d. Natural immunity developed by the baby before birth

e. Exposure of the baby to antigens after birth