A 16-year-old athlete presents to the emergency department after falling during football practice. X-rays of his right femur show a transverse fracture occurring in the central, elongated shaft portion of the bone between the proximal and distal ends. The orthopedic physician explains that this region primarily consists of compact bone and contains the medullary cavity filled with yellow marrow. The elongated, cylindrical shaft of a long bone is called the:

Normal blood flow in portal vein and hepatic artery are in same direction

A patient is running a fever. Which gland is primarily responsible for the secretion that will cool their body through evaporation?

Which of the following vessels drains blood from the liver segments and lobes, and empty into the inferior vena cava?

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———– is accumulation of fluid in the abdominal or pelvic cavity

________arises from the lateral wall of the aorta to supply the kidney

A very rapid kind of communication that works at a distance in the dark is

____________ arises from the Aorta and runs parallel to it

Which bone cell is responsible for secreting the organic components of the bone matrix (osteoid)?