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type 1 alveolar cells - correct answer form cell walls for alveoli, gas exchange occurs here, simple squamous epithelium type 2 alveolar cells - correct answer also known as the great cells, divide and create more type 1 alveolar cells, produce surfactant macrophages - correct answer primary phagocytes of the innate immune system, clear the air of infectious, toxic, and allergenic particles respiratory membrane - correct answer separates the air within the alveoli from the air within th...

Bacteria and viruses are examples of pathogens. - correct answer True Skin belongs to the body's ______ line of defense. - correct answer first Fever and inflammation belong to the body's ______ line of defense. - correct answer second What is the third line of defense against pathogens? - correct answer Specific defenses Adaptive immunity is part of the body's ______ line of defense. - correct answer third Organisms that cause disease, such as bacteria or fungi, are considered...

The short-term controls of blood pressure, mediated by the nervous system and bloodborne chemicals, primarily operate via all but which of the following? a. altering blood volume b. chemoreceptors c. reflex arcs involving baroreceptors d. reflex arcs associated with vasomotor fibers - correct answer altering blood volume If the infundibulum of the pituitary gland is cut, but the cells are kept alive with the blood vessels undamaged, which hormone would no longer be secreted by the pituita...

What wavelengths of light are visible to the human eye? - correct answer 400-700 nm Where are tarsal glands located? - correct answer Within a tarsal plate describe the conjunctiva? - correct answer Highly vascularized, A mucus membrane A thin transparent, membrane List the components of the lacrimal apparatus. - correct answer Lacrimal ducts Lacrimal gland Which term refers to a bactericidal enzyme found in tears and other body secretions? - correct answer Lysozyme Vision is t...

When a nurse is teaching a woman about her menstrual cycle, which of the following is the most important change that happens during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle? A) Maturation of the Graafian follicle B) Multiplication of the fimbraiae C) Secretion of human chorionic gonadotropin D) Proliferation of the endometrium - correct answer A) Maturation of the Graafian follicle A client provides the nurse with the following obstetrical history: Delivered a son, now 7, at 28 weeks...