The Nursing Instructor Is Explaining Mechanisms of Substance Transport Across

question 34

Multiple Choice

The nursing instructor is explaining mechanisms of substance transport across the placenta.Which substances require facilitated diffusion? (Select all that apply.)

• A)Carbon dioxide
• B)Fatty acids
• C)Globulins
• D)Glucose
• E)Oxygen

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Definitions:

Photosynthetic

Refers to organisms that can produce their own food by converting light energy into chemical energy through the process of photosynthesis.

9 + 2 Arrangement

The structural organization of microtubules in a eukaryotic flagellum or cilium, consisting of nine doublets surrounding two singlets.

Apicomplexans

A group of parasitic protists that lack structures for locomotion and that produce sporozoites as infective agents; malaria is caused by an apicomplexan.

Sporozoites

Motile infective forms of parasitic protozoa that can enter host cells; they are often associated with the life cycle of malaria-causing Plasmodium.