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Chapter 01Homeostasis: AFramework for Human Physiology
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Multiple Choice Questions
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,3. The study of disease states in the body is called
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A. Pathophysiology
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C. Homeostasis
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4. Which is NOT a connective tissue cell?
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5. What is the principal function performed by epithelial cells?
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7. What is the term for the developmental process that leads to specialized cell types?
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, 8. Which best describes the extracellular matrix?
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cell to the interior of adjacent cells.
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polysaccharides between body compartments, and it is the route by which chemical signals
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like hormones reach all parts of the body.
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