Describe the structure and functions of each part of a long bone.

Coral reefs support more species per unit area than any other marine environment on earth. what is one way coral reefs are important to the health of the biosphere

The kidney filters potentially toxic substances in the blood, and thus “clears” the blood of those substances. this clearance function is dependent upon and proportional to the diffusion gradient of the substance across filtering capillaries, i. e. if the concentration of the substance is doubled, twice as much will be cleared from each ml of blood that is filtered. suppose that the body produces a constant amount of a substance x per unit of time. the kidneys eliminate substance x at a rate directly proportional to the concentration of the substance and the volume of blood cleared each minute (c): elimination = c × [x], where [x] is the steady-state concentration of substance x. imagine an individual with an initial concentration of x equal to [x]0 who develops kidney disease. her baseline clearance c0 drops to one half of the original (½c0). what is the new steady state concentration of x? (for simplicity, assume that substance x is 100% filtered by the kidney).

Many organizations release indexes used to measure the development of the world's countries. as we learned in this lesson, these indexes measure many factors, from life expectancy to happiness. in your opinion, what are the three most important factors we can use to determine how developed a country might be? explain your answers in a few sentences.