If a person has a blood-calcium (Ca2+) level of 8 mg/100 mL of blood, which of the following mechanisms does the body use to maintain blood-calcium homeostasis?

A. The kidneys take up more Ca2+ and release vitamin D.

B. The bones release Ca2+.

C. The intestines increase reabsorption of Ca2+.

D. All of the above

What was dr. willem johan kolff’s first step in using the scientific process to invent the hemodialysis machine? he built the machine and tried it with various patients, collecting data about its effectiveness. when a patient’s kidneys failed, he wondered if it would be possible to perform kidney functions with an external machine. he researched and collected data about numerous patients who exhibited symptoms of kidney failure. he drew conclusions from studies of various symptoms of kidney failure, and drew a design for the ideal external blood-processing machine.

Which statement describes an endocrine function rather than an exocrine function? a. salivary glands release saliva into the mouth. b. sweat glands release sweat onto the skin c. the pineal gland releases melatonin into the blood. d. esophageal glands release mucus into the esophagus.

Recombinant dna (rdna) creates offspring which are genetically identical to the parent is the process of breeding only organisms with desirable traits involves the removal of the nucleus of a cell combines genes from organisms of different species in a lab