Stenohaline osmoconformers such as sea anemones and sea stars
A) can tolerate a wide range of osmotic changes in their marine environment.
B) have limited tolerance to changes in salinity of the surrounding sea water.
C) are adapted to live in marine and fresh water habitats.
D) use methylamines and amino acids in ECF to maintain osmotic balance.
E) regulate the osmolytes in ICF and ECF in order to survive extreme changes in salinity of sea water.
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Q9: Important organic osmolytes in marine osmoconformers are
A)
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Q11: Why do marine osmoconformers use organic osmolytes
Q13: Animals living in intertidal zones are
A) strict
Q14: Marine sharks and rays
A) are ureosmotic conformers.
B)
Q15: In sharks and rays TMAO
A) is present
Q16: Osmoregulators:
A) change the ECF osmotic pressure when
Q17: Muscle is about _ water.
A) 25%
B) 45%
C)
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