A Fast-Adapting Tactile Receptor That Monitors Movements Across the Body

question 83

Multiple Choice

A fast-adapting tactile receptor that monitors movements across the body surface is a

• A)tactile (Merkel)disc.
• B)lamellated corpuscle.
• C)tactile (Meissner)corpuscle.
• D)Ruffini corpuscle.
• E)root hair plexus.

Identify the characteristics and functions of eukaryotic cell organelles, including mitochondria and chloroplasts.

Recognize the adaptive advantages conferred by specific cellular features in early eukaryotic evolution.

Explain the mechanisms of endosymbiosis and its role in the evolution of eukaryotic cells.

Understand the ecological roles and impacts of protists in their environments.

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