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What are the main means of detecting toxicity according to the passage?
What are the main means of detecting toxicity according to the passage?
- Death, pathological change, and biochemical change
- Physiological change and changes in normal status
- Biochemical change and physiological change
- All of the above (correct)
What is the purpose of the LD50 assay mentioned in the passage?
What is the purpose of the LD50 assay mentioned in the passage?
- To measure pathological changes
- To assess physiological changes
- To indicate toxicity through the measure of death (correct)
- To detect biochemical changes
According to the passage, how can biochemical changes be indicative of toxicity?
According to the passage, how can biochemical changes be indicative of toxicity?
- By causing the appearance of an enzyme or other substance in body fluids due to tissue damage
- By causing changes in blood pressure, temperature, or response to a stimulus
- By affecting an enzyme through inhibition or alteration in a metabolic pathway (correct)
- By leading to changes in body weight, food and water intake, urine output, and organ weight
What is one way that physiological changes can indicate toxicity according to the passage?
What is one way that physiological changes can indicate toxicity according to the passage?
According to the passage, what type of changes in normal status can indicate toxicity?
According to the passage, what type of changes in normal status can indicate toxicity?
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a potential indicator of toxicity?
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a potential indicator of toxicity?
If an organism experiences death as a result of toxicity, which assay is used to measure this effect?
If an organism experiences death as a result of toxicity, which assay is used to measure this effect?
Which of the following is NOT listed as a potential indicator of general or specific toxicity?
Which of the following is NOT listed as a potential indicator of general or specific toxicity?
If an enzyme appears in body fluids, what could this indicate according to the passage?
If an enzyme appears in body fluids, what could this indicate according to the passage?
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a potential type of toxic response?
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a potential type of toxic response?
