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Neurotransmitters can be combined with ____ because, unlike ___, these two both ____
A. Endocrines - paracrines - travel to distant effectors
B. Endocrines - paracrines - are released by only neurons or glands
C. Paracrines - endocrines - utilize the same pathway of the plasma
D. Paracrines - endocrines - travel to nearby effectors - Answers✔Paracrines - endocrines - travel
to nearby effectors
Considering our critical equations for physiology this term, carbon dioxide is associated with
water (i.e., both are reactants or both are products) in
A. Equation 1 only
B. Equation 3 only
C. Equations 2 and 3 only
D. Equations 1 and 2 only - Answers✔Equations 2 and 3 only
During childbirth, the mother's contractions trigger additional and stronger contractions. This
situation is an example of _____ feedback, as the system is moving ____ steady state.
A. Positive - further from
B. Positive - back toward
C. Negative - further from
D. Negative - back toward - Answers✔Positive - further from
When he sees a bowl of candy buckeyes, Brutus always begins to salivate. This action is best
describes as
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A. Acclimatization
B. Positive Feedback
C. Feedforward
D. Adaptation - Answers✔Feedforward
Some tadpoles (juvenile frogs that have not yet morphed to have legs) will grow longer legs
when raised in pools in higher predator areas. If the predators are then removed from the frog's
environment, their legs will not shorten. This situation is best described as an example of
A. Adaptation
B. Acclimatization
C. Biorhthym
D. Developmental Acclimatization - Answers✔Developmental Acclimatization
Your liver is an example of a(n) _____ and your skin is an example of a(n) ________
A. Organ system - tissue
B. Organ - organ
C. Organ - tissue
D. Organ system - organ system - Answers✔Organ - organ
Equation #3 facilitates a critical process. Which of the following is needed for that process?
A. H2O
B. ADP
C. Glucose
D. CO2 - Answers✔CO2
When Dr. Bronson emails her grocery list to herself, it is similar to a(n) ______. When she texts
the list to her husband, it is similar to a(n) ___________.
A. Autocrine - juxtacrine
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B. Autocrine - endocrine
C. Juxtacrine - endocrine
D. Juxtacrine - autocrine - Answers✔Autocrine - endocrine
Which is a correct statement about the extracellular matrix (ECM)?
A. Collagen is the most common type of fiber present
B. It consists of a mixture of minerals and proteins located inside the cell
C. The fibrous proteins are dominated by sugars
D. Two cells tied together by an ECM protein will not be able to move relative to each other -
Answers✔Collagen is the most common type of fiber present
-It consists of a mixture of minerals and proteins located OUTSIDE the cell, the NONFIBROUS
proteins are dominated by sugars, Two cells tied together by an ECM protein WILL be able to
move relative to each other
While suffering a bacterial infection, a patient's immune system will release cytokines to cause
more free radicals to be produced. Which part of the reflex arc do the cytokines represent?
A. Stimulus
B. Efferent pathway
C. Effector
D. Integrating Center - Answers✔Efferent Pathway
Collagen is to ______ as elastin is to ______
A. Long and then - 3D
B. 3D - long and thin
C. Rope - rubberband
D. Rubberband - rope - Answers✔Rope - rubberband
Which of these trios is in the correct order from least to most amount of energy that will need to
be used after the change to return to the set point?
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A. Positive FB, negative FB, feedforward
B. Feedforward, negative FB, positive FB
C. Negative FB, feedforward, positive FB
D. Ordering is not possible as all use the same energy - Answers✔Feedforward, negative FB,
positive FB
Which is a correct statement about body organization?
A. A cardiac muscle cell and a skeletal muscle cell are genetically identical and created by
mitosis
B. A liver cell is an example of an undifferentiated but specialized cell
C. Both statements are correct
D. Neither statement is correct - Answers✔A cardiac muscle cell and a skeletal muscle cell are
genetically identical and created by mitosis
-A liver cell is an example of an DIFFERENTIATED AND specialized cell
When Juno, the bug-eyed Boston Terrier, is hungry, she will run up to her owner and poke her
hand with her nose. This interaction is most similar to a(n) _______ sending a signal to a
__________ cell.
A. Endocrine - Distant
B. Juxtacrine - Neighboring
C. Autocrine - Neighboring
D. All three are correct - Answers✔Juxtacrine - neighboring
Which is a correct statement about the homeostatic control system?
A. It's efferent pathway could be the plasma with a cytokine as the messenger
B. Prior to a regular meal, our glucose levels increase due to feedforward mechanism
C. When the system is at steady state, it is changing and is using energy
D. All are correct - Answers✔It's efferent pathway could be the plasma with a cytokine as the
messenger
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Neurotransmitters can be combined with ____ because, unlike ___, these two both ____
A. Endocrines - paracrines - travel to distant effectors
B. Endocrines - paracrines - are released by only neurons or glands
C. Paracrines - endocrines - utilize the same pathway of the plasma
D. Paracrines - endocrines - travel to nearby effectors - Answers✔Paracrines - endocrines - travel
to nearby effectors
Considering our critical equations for physiology this term, carbon dioxide is associated with
water (i.e., both are reactants or both are products) in
A. Equation 1 only
B. Equation 3 only
C. Equations 2 and 3 only
D. Equations 1 and 2 only - Answers✔Equations 2 and 3 only
During childbirth, the mother's contractions trigger additional and stronger contractions. This
situation is an example of _____ feedback, as the system is moving ____ steady state.
A. Positive - further from
B. Positive - back toward
C. Negative - further from
D. Negative - back toward - Answers✔Positive - further from
When he sees a bowl of candy buckeyes, Brutus always begins to salivate. This action is best
describes as
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A. Acclimatization
B. Positive Feedback
C. Feedforward
D. Adaptation - Answers✔Feedforward
Some tadpoles (juvenile frogs that have not yet morphed to have legs) will grow longer legs
when raised in pools in higher predator areas. If the predators are then removed from the frog's
environment, their legs will not shorten. This situation is best described as an example of
A. Adaptation
B. Acclimatization
C. Biorhthym
D. Developmental Acclimatization - Answers✔Developmental Acclimatization
Your liver is an example of a(n) _____ and your skin is an example of a(n) ________
A. Organ system - tissue
B. Organ - organ
C. Organ - tissue
D. Organ system - organ system - Answers✔Organ - organ
Equation #3 facilitates a critical process. Which of the following is needed for that process?
A. H2O
B. ADP
C. Glucose
D. CO2 - Answers✔CO2
When Dr. Bronson emails her grocery list to herself, it is similar to a(n) ______. When she texts
the list to her husband, it is similar to a(n) ___________.
A. Autocrine - juxtacrine
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B. Autocrine - endocrine
C. Juxtacrine - endocrine
D. Juxtacrine - autocrine - Answers✔Autocrine - endocrine
Which is a correct statement about the extracellular matrix (ECM)?
A. Collagen is the most common type of fiber present
B. It consists of a mixture of minerals and proteins located inside the cell
C. The fibrous proteins are dominated by sugars
D. Two cells tied together by an ECM protein will not be able to move relative to each other -
Answers✔Collagen is the most common type of fiber present
-It consists of a mixture of minerals and proteins located OUTSIDE the cell, the NONFIBROUS
proteins are dominated by sugars, Two cells tied together by an ECM protein WILL be able to
move relative to each other
While suffering a bacterial infection, a patient's immune system will release cytokines to cause
more free radicals to be produced. Which part of the reflex arc do the cytokines represent?
A. Stimulus
B. Efferent pathway
C. Effector
D. Integrating Center - Answers✔Efferent Pathway
Collagen is to ______ as elastin is to ______
A. Long and then - 3D
B. 3D - long and thin
C. Rope - rubberband
D. Rubberband - rope - Answers✔Rope - rubberband
Which of these trios is in the correct order from least to most amount of energy that will need to
be used after the change to return to the set point?
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A. Positive FB, negative FB, feedforward
B. Feedforward, negative FB, positive FB
C. Negative FB, feedforward, positive FB
D. Ordering is not possible as all use the same energy - Answers✔Feedforward, negative FB,
positive FB
Which is a correct statement about body organization?
A. A cardiac muscle cell and a skeletal muscle cell are genetically identical and created by
mitosis
B. A liver cell is an example of an undifferentiated but specialized cell
C. Both statements are correct
D. Neither statement is correct - Answers✔A cardiac muscle cell and a skeletal muscle cell are
genetically identical and created by mitosis
-A liver cell is an example of an DIFFERENTIATED AND specialized cell
When Juno, the bug-eyed Boston Terrier, is hungry, she will run up to her owner and poke her
hand with her nose. This interaction is most similar to a(n) _______ sending a signal to a
__________ cell.
A. Endocrine - Distant
B. Juxtacrine - Neighboring
C. Autocrine - Neighboring
D. All three are correct - Answers✔Juxtacrine - neighboring
Which is a correct statement about the homeostatic control system?
A. It's efferent pathway could be the plasma with a cytokine as the messenger
B. Prior to a regular meal, our glucose levels increase due to feedforward mechanism
C. When the system is at steady state, it is changing and is using energy
D. All are correct - Answers✔It's efferent pathway could be the plasma with a cytokine as the
messenger
