As a team of explorers travels southward from the North Pole into Canada, they encounter a dense forest of pines and other coniferous evergreens. They leave the forest before the winter, which is long and cold. Which of these biomes has the team visited?
o A. temperate grasslands
B. Northwest coniferous forest
C. tropical dry forest
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D. boreal forest (taiga)

This patient undergoes a gallbladder sonogram due to epigastric pain. the report indicates that the visualized portions of the liver are normal. no free fluid noted within morisons pouch. the gallbladder is identified and is empty no evidence of wall thickening or surrounding fluid is seen there is no ductal dilation. the common hepatic duct and common bile duct measure 0.4 and 0.8 cm respectively. the common bile ductmeasurement is at the upper limits of normal what cpt code in icd-10 cm code was used

What condition is kept close to its set point in osmoregulation? a. body temperature b.platelet count c.blood glucose level d.water balance

What substance acts to prevent sudden ph changes in bodily fluids?