The leading causes of death in the u. s. are:
a. peripheral diseases.
b. acquired aging and time-dependent aging.
c. cardiovascular diseases.
d. hyperkinetic diseases

The breakdown of peptides into amino acids is an example of . the release of insulin after eating a large meal is an example of .

A24-year-old g4p2 woman at 34 weeks gestation complains of a cough and whitish sputum for the last three days. she reports that everyone in the family has been sick. she reports a high fever last night up to 102°f (38.9°c). she denies chest pain. she has a history of asthma with no previous intubations. she uses an albuterol inhaler, although she has not used it this week. vital signs are: temperature 98.6°f (37°c); respiratory rate 16/minute; pulse 94 beats/minute; blood pressure 114/78; peak expiratory flow rate 430 l/min (baseline documented in the outpatient chart = 425 l/min). on physical examination, pharyngeal mucosa is erythematous and injected. lungs are clear to auscultation. white blood cell count 8,700 mcl; arterial blood gases on room air (normal ranges in parentheses): ph 7.44 (7.36–7.44); po2 103 mm hg (> 100); pco2 26 mm hg (28–32); hco3 19 mm hg (22–26). chest x-ray is normal. what is the correct interpretation of this arterial blood gas?

Aresearcher lyses a cell that contains nucleic acid molecules and capsomeres of tobacco mosaic virus (tmv). the cell contents are left in a covered test tube overnight. the next day this mixture is sprayed on tobacco plants. we expect that the plants would ) develop some but not all of the symptoms of the tmv infectionb) develop the typical symptoms of tmv infectionc) not show any disease symptomsd) become infected, but the sap from these plants would be unable to infect other plants