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2. How does microgravity affect lymphocyte, NK and T cell activation?

  • No effect
  • Decreases
  • Increases

3. Why are astronauts prone to fainting on return to Earth?

  • More gravity
  • High blood pressure
  • Redistribution of blood flow back to legs
  • Much more light

4. What is not a way that immune function could have been affected?

  • Emotional stress
  • Lack of light
  • Mechanical forces
  • Physical stress

5. Urinary and faecal Ca ions increase by how much in the first few days of space?

  • 60-70%
  • 10-20%
  • 30-40%
  • 50-60%

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