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Support, protection of soft tissues, mineral storage, and blood formation ate functions of which system? - Answer-Skeletal The increasingly forceful labor contractions that lead to childbirth exemplify - Answer-Positive Feedback When body temperature FALLS, a center in the brain initiates physiological changes to INcrease body temperature. This regulation mechanism is an example of... - Answer-Negative Feedback Your instructor presented the idea that all physiology is finally reducible to: - Answer-Physics An unstable isotope that emits subatomic particles spontaneously is called... - Answer-A Radioisotope The most common fat found in the human body is in the form of: - Answer-Triglycerides A polysaccharide that is formed in the liver and muscle to store glucose is: - Answer-Glycogen Glycolysis and glucogenolysis are prime and classic examples of... - Answer-Catabolism What pathology is caused by a failure to convert phenylalanine to tyrosine? - Answer-PKU (phenylketonuria) If the amount of sodium ion in blood plasma decreases... - Answer-The blood osmotic pressure will decrease Facilitated diffusion differs from normal diffusion in that facilitated diffusion... - Answer-Limits the rate of molecular movement by limiting the number of available carrier molecules Which suborganelle is most closely associated with protein synthesis in a cell? - Answer-RibosomesHow do lipid-soluble molecules (like steroids) generally move through cell membranes? - AnswerDiffusion Placing a cell in _______ is most likely to cause a decrease in cell volume. - Answer-A hypertonic bathing solution The dominant fiber in dense connective tissue is... - Answer-Collagen The alveoli of the lungs are made of... - Answer-Simple squamous epithelia Epithelium is connected to underlying connective tissue by... - Answer-A basement membrane All of the following are functions of epithelial tissue EXCEPT - Answer-Providing connectivity between organs The inter-cellular junction involving interlocking membrane proteins are... - Answer-Gap junctions Mammary glands are most closely associated with ____. - Answer-Apocrine secretion Adipocytes is most closely associated with ____. - Answer-Fat cells When a fair-skinned person blushes, why does their skin turn red? - Answer-The blood supply to skin increases The reproducing cells of the skin are located in the... - Answer-Stratum germinativum An epidermal layer found only in the skin of the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet is... - Answer-Stratum lucidumAccording to your instructor, deadly melanoma is associated with _________. - Answer-Tanning booths What are the layers associated with the Dermis? - Answer-Papillary and reticular Which Epithelial Tissue (ET) is most closely associated with the epidermis? - Answer-Stratified squamous Which three functional component underlie how responses to stimuli work? - Answer-Effector Control Center Receptor From the choices below, identify the smallest functional unit to be described as "alive." - Answer-A cell Each of the following are cell types in connective tissue except: - Answer-Muscle cells Two equal volumes (L and R) of water are separated by a screen with 1mm sized pores. A little sugar is added only to side L. What would you see the next day? - Answer-Both sides would have the same amount of sugar AND water If a substance has a pH that is LESS that 7, it is... - Answer-Acidic Which description below best describes all homeostatic processes? - Answer-Negative feedback is essential What does an intrinsic regulation do? - Answer-Adjust automatically in response to some environmental change. What is anatomy? - Answer-How something is structured internally and externally. What is physiology? - Answer-How things work; their function.