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a patient has very low levels of steroid hormones in his body, and his doctor thinks it is due to poor nutrition. how could the patient alter his diet to address this deficiency?

a. consume butter and oils.
b. restrict butter and oils.
c. consume pasta and bread.
d. restrict pasta and bread.

Which type of nerve creates a 'mental map" of the relative positioning of the body at any given point in time?

Which of the following statements is true about body composition? a. body composition is the percentage of fat to lean body mass. b. body composition is a measure of one's body weight. c. body composition is a measure of one's essential body fat. d. body composition is not a good indicator of overall health. select the best answer from the choices provided. a

You isolate an infectious substance capable of causing disease in plants, but you do not know whether the infectious agent is a bacterium, virus, viroid, or prion. you have four methods at your disposal to analyze the substance and determine the nature of the infectious agent. i. treat the substance with enzymes that destroy all nucleic acids and then determine whether the substance is still infectious. ii. microscope. iii. culture the substance on nutritive medium, away from any plant cells. iv. treat the sample with proteases that digest all proteins and then determining whether the substance is still infectious. if you already know that the infectious agent was either bacterial or viral, which method(s) listed above would allow you to distinguish between these two possibilities? a) ib) iic) ii or iiid) iv