A Lung Disease Marked by Abnormally Few but Large Alveoli

question 12

Multiple Choice

A lung disease marked by abnormally few but large alveoli is

• A)cor pulmonale.
• B)pulmonary hemosiderosis.
• C)emphysema.
• D)atelectasis.
• E)collapsed lung.

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Definitions:

Reducing Sugar

Any sugar that is capable of acting as a reducing agent because it has a free aldehyde group or a free ketone group.

α-D-Fructofuranose

An isomer of fructose where the furanose ring form predominates, characterized by its specific configuration at the anomeric carbon.

Methyl Glycoside

Glycosides formed by the reaction of a sugar with methanol, characterized by a methoxy group replacing the glycosidic hydroxyl group of the sugar.

Mutarotation

The change in optical rotation due to the change in equilibrium between two anomers of a sugar solution over time.