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Under which conditions would the sodium-potassium pump likely be far less effective in creating a concentration gradient?
 
  a. if dendrites were generally longer than axons
 b. if the glia-to-neuron ratio were higher
 c. if selective permeability of the membrane did not exist
  d. if it were an active transport system that required energy

Question 2

What defines a homeostatic process?
 
  a. the regulation of blood flow
 b. any process governed by hormones
 c. the maintenance of certain body variables within a fixed range
 d. reproduction involving distinct male and female genders in a species



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

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cdr_15

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
:D TYSM


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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