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The process of converting a stimulus from the external environment (e.g., sound waves) into patterns of action potentials and neurotransmitters that the brain can interpret is called: Type the best answer into the text box below:

According to Peter the Great’s “Table of Ranks,” which group held the highest rank in Russian society?

The term “sensor” and the term “receptor” can always be used interchangeably, since physiologists consider them synonymous.

Sometimes, when a person has an inner ear infection, they will also experience problems with equilibrium or balance.   In a few complete sentences, use your knowledge of sensory physiology to speculate about how an ear inflection could cause problems with balance or equilibrium.

Using 1 or 2 complete sentences, write your best definition of a motor unit in the space below.

The longest-surviving representative assembly in modern Europe is

What are the most important products of the Krebs cycle? Select all that apply.

Name one way bacteria or other microbes may use to obtain resistance to a particular antimicrobial drug. 

Type of symbiotic relationship where one organism is harmed while the other is not harmed nor benefited Word Bank adhesion aldehydes amensalism antagonism antimicrobial enzymes antiphagocytic factors antisepsis asymptomatic autoclave bacteriocins biosafety cabinet broad spectrum commensalism contact transmission contamination convalescence cross resistance cytotoxins decimal reduction time decline degerming desiccation disease transmission disinfection disk susceptibility test endotoxins enterotoxins etiology filtration halogens heavy metals host illness incinerator incubation period infection ionizing lyophilization minimum bactericidal concentration test minimum inhibitory concentration test multiple drug resistance mutualism narrow spectrum naturally occurring neurotoxins non-ionizing nosocomial opportunistic osmotic pressure oxidizing agents parasitism pasteurization pathogenicity phenols and phenolics prodromal period reservoirs resident sanitization selective toxicity signs sterilization surfactants symptoms synergism therapeutic index thermal death point thermal death time transient true vector transmission vehicle transmission virulence zoonoses

Which statement describes a vector?