Aglucose tolerance test (gtt) measures the response of the body to a sudden intake of glucose. the highest blood glucose reading for a normal person during the gtt will occur?

Which of the following represents a difference between viruses and viroids? a) viruses infect many types of cells, whereas viroids infect only prokaryotic cells. b) viruses have capsids composed of protein, whereas viroids have no capsids. c) viruses have genomes composed of rna, whereas viroids have genomes composed of dna. d) viruses cannot pass through plasmodesmata, whereas viroids can.

A46-year-old man with a history of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia visits the physician for a routine followup. the patient's job involves a lot of travelling, and he admits to occasionally forgetting to take his medications with him when he travels. he complains of several episodes of chest pain in the past few months. the pain is sharp in nature, mainly over his lower chest and epigastrium, and tends to come on when walking. he believes these episodes are due to indigestion and has been taking antacids. there is a family history of heart disease, and his father died of a heart attack at age 48. on physical examination, his blood pressure is 150/80 mmhg and heart rate is 86/min. his lungs are clear to auscultation. cardiac auscultation reveals normal rate and rhythm, without rubs, gallops, or murmurs. there is no pedal oedema. he is sent for an exercise stress test. five minutes into the test, he develops st depression of 3mm in leads v1-v5. the st segment depression is greater than 0.12 seconds in duration and the stress test is stopped. which of the following is the most appropriate next step in management? - coronary angiography- holter monitor- no further tests are required- repeat stress test with thallium- upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

1. pass through the cochlea, are transformed into nerve impulses and sent to the brain hair cells 2. forms in your outer ear and is meant to protect your ear from dirt and infection middle ear 3. receives sounds and sends them through the auditory canal to the eardrum inner ear 4. a thin membrane that transmits sound waves into the middle ear cerumen 5. where the cochlea is sound waves 6. a snail-shaped organ lined with hair cells cochlea 7. inside, small bones transmit sound waves from the eardrum to the inner ear eardrum 8. destroyed by extended exposure to loud noise outer ear