StraighterLine A&P I Final Exam
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Which is an example of a normally occurring positive-feedback mechanism? - correct answer
✔✔stretching of the uterus near the end of pregnancy
What is the smallest level of organization in the body that contains the body's genetic
information? - correct answer ✔✔Cellular
Which of the following processes generates the most ATP within a human cell? - correct answer
✔✔oxidative phosphorylation
During DNA replication, how does each template strand eventually become two identical DNA
molecules? - correct answer ✔✔One strand forms continuously, the other forms in short
segments spliced by DNA ligase.
Which is the most superficial layer of skin that is composed primarily of living cells? - correct
answer ✔✔stratum spinosum
Which of the following is the definition of a third degree burn? - correct answer ✔✔a burn that
has destroyed the dermis and epidermis
Which of the following types of openings in the skeletal system does a "sinus" describe? -
correct answer ✔✔cavity
, Which of the following components of the bone matrix, when removed, allows the bone to be
easily shattered? - correct answer ✔✔collagen
Which of the following is the most widely distributed type of muscle in the body? - correct
answer ✔✔smooth
Which sentence best describes the sliding filament model of muscle contraction? - correct
answer ✔✔Sarcomeres and myofibrils contract
A doctor performing an autopsy on a patient concludes that part of the brain was likely
damaged by trauma due to a large population of which type of cell? - correct answer
✔✔microglia
What type of axons is found in a gray ramus comunicans? - correct answer ✔✔unmyelinated,
post-ganglionic axons
Which class of chemical messengers is secreted by neurons into synaptic clefts to activate an
adjacent cell? - correct answer ✔✔neurotransmitter
The targeted response of the hormone lipotropin is an increase in which of the following? -
correct answer ✔✔the breakdown of fat in adipose tissues
The articulations between the radius and ulna that allow for rotation of the forearm is an
example of a(n) _________ joint. - correct answer ✔✔pivot
In order to increase low blood glucose levels back to normal, the pancreas increases secretion
of ________. - correct answer ✔✔glucagon
Hypocalcemia results from inactive - correct answer ✔✔parathyroid glands.
Questions & Answers Already
Passed A+
Which is an example of a normally occurring positive-feedback mechanism? - correct answer
✔✔stretching of the uterus near the end of pregnancy
What is the smallest level of organization in the body that contains the body's genetic
information? - correct answer ✔✔Cellular
Which of the following processes generates the most ATP within a human cell? - correct answer
✔✔oxidative phosphorylation
During DNA replication, how does each template strand eventually become two identical DNA
molecules? - correct answer ✔✔One strand forms continuously, the other forms in short
segments spliced by DNA ligase.
Which is the most superficial layer of skin that is composed primarily of living cells? - correct
answer ✔✔stratum spinosum
Which of the following is the definition of a third degree burn? - correct answer ✔✔a burn that
has destroyed the dermis and epidermis
Which of the following types of openings in the skeletal system does a "sinus" describe? -
correct answer ✔✔cavity
, Which of the following components of the bone matrix, when removed, allows the bone to be
easily shattered? - correct answer ✔✔collagen
Which of the following is the most widely distributed type of muscle in the body? - correct
answer ✔✔smooth
Which sentence best describes the sliding filament model of muscle contraction? - correct
answer ✔✔Sarcomeres and myofibrils contract
A doctor performing an autopsy on a patient concludes that part of the brain was likely
damaged by trauma due to a large population of which type of cell? - correct answer
✔✔microglia
What type of axons is found in a gray ramus comunicans? - correct answer ✔✔unmyelinated,
post-ganglionic axons
Which class of chemical messengers is secreted by neurons into synaptic clefts to activate an
adjacent cell? - correct answer ✔✔neurotransmitter
The targeted response of the hormone lipotropin is an increase in which of the following? -
correct answer ✔✔the breakdown of fat in adipose tissues
The articulations between the radius and ulna that allow for rotation of the forearm is an
example of a(n) _________ joint. - correct answer ✔✔pivot
In order to increase low blood glucose levels back to normal, the pancreas increases secretion
of ________. - correct answer ✔✔glucagon
Hypocalcemia results from inactive - correct answer ✔✔parathyroid glands.
