Instructions: Identify the Following

question 75

Short Answer

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term.
McCarran Internal Security Act

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Definitions:

Carbon Dioxide

A colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration, exhaled as a waste product.

Ketone Bodies

Metabolic byproducts produced from the breakdown of fatty acids, used as an energy source when glucose is scarce.

Diabetes Mellitus

Metabolic disease in which carbohydrate use is reduced and that of lipid and protein enhanced; caused by a deficiency of insulin or an inability to respond to insulin and is characterized, in more severe cases, by hyperglycemia, glycosuria, water and electrolyte loss, ketoacidosis, and coma.

Proton Pump

An integral membrane protein that builds up a proton gradient across a biological membrane by actively transporting protons.