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Which of the following best describes why plain water would not sufficiently hydrate a patient who has been affected by cholera toxin?
Which of the following best describes why plain water would not sufficiently hydrate a patient who has been affected by cholera toxin?
- The patient needs to be given an intravenous drug to block open chloride channels before being given water.
- The intestinal cells must be resupplied with ions to prevent water from continually being drawn into the intestinal lumen. (correct)
- Intestinal cells must only be resupplied with chloride to prevent water from being continually drawn into the intestinal lumen.
- The intestinal lumen must be resupplied with ions to prevent water from continually being drawn into the intestinal cells.
Which of the following situations would a bacterium most likely need to utilize an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter?
Which of the following situations would a bacterium most likely need to utilize an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter?
- It needs to secrete exoenzymes to help break down a large polysaccharide into monosaccharides.
- It needs to move many small sugar molecules inside the cell, against their concentration gradient. (correct)
- It would not need an ABC because sugar can be transported freely through the cell wall.
- It needs to move many small sugar molecules inside the cell, down their concentration gradient.
Which of the following would best be described as a chronic illness?
Which of the following would best be described as a chronic illness?
- Bacterial pneumonia that develops about four weeks after an influenza infection.
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever caused by a Rickettsia rickettsii infection from over two weeks ago.
- Lyme disease caused by a Borrelia burgdorferi infection from three years ago. (correct)
- Vertical transmission of Listeria monocytogenes from mother to fetus about three days after infection.
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