Which of the following is true about a spinal reflex? a. it is controlled by the brain. b. it is an involuntary response to a stimulus. c. it is a voluntary contraction of muscles. d. it increases blood flow to muscles.

What causes an unsaturated fatty acid to have a different shape than a saturated fatty acid? o a. unsaturated fatty acids have more hydrogen atoms. o b. unsaturated fatty acids have double carbon bonds. o c. unsaturated fatty acids have more nitrogen atoms. o d. unsaturated fatty acids have single carbon bonds.

Which statement best describes lactic acid fermentation? a. lactic acid fermentation is the first step of cellular respiration. o b. lactic acid fermentation is the final step of cellular respiration. re to berate c. in the absence of oxygen, cells release atp by breaking down lactose into glucose. e der lade res o d. in the absence of oxygen, cells release atp by breaking down glucose into lactate. ar

Bisphenol a (often called bpa) is a chemical found in products that people use every day, from water bottles to food containers to children's toys. unfortunately, bpa leaches out of its many products and makes its way into our bodies. what are the health effects of bpa exposure? ongoing research is finding that elevated exposure to bpa can affect a wide variety of developmental and physiological processes, but one of the first studies of bpa's health effects came about because of a simple mistake in the lab. at a laboratory at case western reserve university in 1998, geneticist patricia hunt was making a routine check of her female lab mice. as she extracted and examined developing eggs from the ovaries, she began to wonder what had gone wrong. she noticed that many of the eggs showed problems with their chromosomes, and some had irregular amounts of genetic material, which can lead to miscarriages and birth defects in mammals. she learned that a lab assistant had mistakenly washed the plastic mouse cages and water bottles with a harsh soap, releasing bpa from the plastic. knowing that bpa is an endocrine disruptor, a chemical that can enter organisms and mimic hormones, hunt set out to discover whether it had adversely affected her mice.