Answer: Vertebrae
Explanation: Your back is composed of twenty-four individual bones called vertebrae that are stacked one on top of the other to make up your backbone or spinal column. The entire column sits on the sacrum, a large triangular bone that connects the spine to the hips. The top seven vertebrae in the neck are called the cervical spine.
Answer:
1. The blood entering the right side of the body contains <u>un-
oxygenated</u> blood (B).
2. All arteries carry oxygenated blood EXCEPT the <u>pulmonary</u> artery.
3. What structure brings blood to the right atrium? Superior and inferior vena cava (D).
Explanation:
The cardiovascular system is responsible for getting blood to organs throughout the body, through the joint function of the heart and blood vessels.
The circulation of the blood has been divided into two circuits:
- The major circulation, which includes the exit of blood from the heart to the arterial system, to go to the whole body. This circuit is closed with the arrival of blood to the heart through the system of venous vessels.
- The minor circulation consists of the passage of blood from the right ventricle to the lungs, and from these to the left atrium.
The blood that reaches the right atrium —entering to right side— proceeds from the superior and inferior vena cava, and is non-oxygenated blood.
In the minor circulation, the pulmonary arteries exit the right ventricle, carrying non-oxygenated blood to the lungs, being the <u>only arteries to carry venous blood</u>.
Answer:
Energy is another word for "calories." Your energy balance is the balance of calories consumed through eating and drinking compared to calories burned through physical activity. ... People who are more physically active burn more calories than those who are not as physically active.
Explanation:
Answer:
c. Vitamin B12 deficiency
Explanation:
Vitamin B12 deficiency is the cause of many diseases, from anemia to thrombosis. This deficiency is not common in the US, however, it is easily caused by inadequate gastric acid secretion secondary to gastric resection, use of drugs that suppress gastric acid, or gastric infection by Helicobacter pylori.
Vitamin B12 is essential for red blood cell formation, integrity and maturation. In their absence, they increase in volume. In the bone marrow - where they are produced - the number of cells increases so much that the appearance simulates that of leukemias.
It is a necessary vitamin for the development and maintenance of nervous system functions. Without it, the myelin that covers the nerves (as the protective cap does with the electrical wires) suffers wear that is called demyelination, a process that occurs in both peripheral nerve neurons and those in the white matter of the brain.
The main source of B12 is in animal foods. But to absorb it, the digestive tract depends on intrinsic factors present in a special group of stomach cells (parietal cells) and receptors located in the ileum.
