MasteringA&P with Pearson eText -- ValuePack Access Card -- for Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780321957122
Author: Elaine N. Marieb
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 5MC
A cell stimulated to increase its steroid production will have abundant
a. ribosomes.
b. rough ER.
c. Smooth ER.
d. Golgi apparatus.
e. secretory vesciles.
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MasteringA&P with Pearson eText -- ValuePack Access Card -- for Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology
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