First pass metabolism of a drug is said to occur when the concentration of a drug that is administered orally is significantly reduced before it reaches the systemic circulation.
First pass metabolism usually occur in the liver.
The routes of drug administration that avoid complete first pass metabolism are: sublingual, transdermal, rectal and inhalation.
The prey is likely to decrease/decline if the predator's population increases
2. detritivores are decomposes because they consume other material to break it down.
3. need to see the image on p.591 to answer but a producer is a type of plant that supplies energy to a first level consumer, a detritivore would be a type of fungi that is pictured because fungi break down materials.
4. the first box is mutualism. second box is commensalism. third box is parasitism.
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The geologic time scale is organized based by major geological events.
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