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Which of the following statements about the fight or flight response is true? 

A muscle biopsy, in which a small portion of a muscle is removed and analyzed, can provide an estimate of the proportion of Type I and Type 2 muscle fibers in a person’s muscles. Imagine you are a health care provider and a parent asks you to perform a muscle biopsy of their 4 year old’s quadriceps (thigh muscle) to determine what sports they should start.  The two questions that follow relate to this scenario.  

Which of the following best describes the relationship between diet (what a person eats) and atherosclerosis and/or blood lipids (like LDL)?

You may use a single sheet of scratch paper or a small whiteboard to write notes on during the exam, in addition to using the Proctorio whiteboard.  If you choose to use paper, you must show your blank paper with your name on both sides to the camera now, before starting your exam.  If you chose to use a whiteboard, show your blank whiteboard to the camera before starting your exam. 

Trypsin is most active in the [location], where it digests [macromolecule].

Which of the following is true based on the nutrition label below:

Where shouldγou dispose capillarγ tubes/Pasteur pipets?

Taylor finds out that she has two mutated copies of the BRCA1 gene.  Which statement is TRUE?

Provide an example of substances that fall into each of four (4) categories of waste in the organic chemistry lab. (Provide name & chemical formula for the last two types)

Which statement about ovaries is TRUE?