Use the Following to Answer the Questions Below

question 16

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer the questions below:
In each of the following multiple-choice questions, characterize EACH of the three given statements as being TRUE or FALSE and then indicate the collective true-false status of the statements using the choices:
-Statements: (1) A reactant and a product in the first step of the urea cycle are, respectively, ornithine and citrulline.
(2) Degradation of heme begins with a ring-opening reaction in which carbon monoxide is produced.
(3) With a normal diet, only about 10 percent of our total calories come from protein.

• A) All three statements are true.
• B) Two of the three statements are true.
• C) Only one of the statements is true.
• D) None of the statements is true.

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