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face - Answers Mandible, vomer, maxilla, and zygomatic are all bones of the:
tetanic contractions - Answers Painful muscle contractions or involuntary twitches are called:
viruses - Answers Interferon inhibits the spread of:
ventricules contracting; AV - Answers The first heart sound heard, or the "lub"sound is caused
by the _____ and the _____ valves closing.
Thymus - Answers Which of the following is not a lymph organ?
thoracic cavity - Answers The lungs are located in the
cilia - Answers Projections from a cell that move materials and mucus are called:
both A and B occurred - Answers A woman could have Rh antibodies in her blood if:
endomysium - Answers The covering of individual muscle fibers is the:
cervical - Answers The skeletal framework of the neck consists of _____ vertebrae.
constriction of the pupils - Answers Which of the following would not occur as a body response
to stress?
diaphysis - Answers A fracture in the shaft of a bone is a break in the:
the chemical basis of life - Answers Metabolism refers to:
prime mover - Answers A muscle is attached to the femur and tibia. Its function or action is to
bend the knee. When it contracts, it is acting as the:
lymph flow in the body is the result of contracting skeletal muscles - Answers Which best
describes the mechanism involved with the central movement, or flow, of lymph?
depression and sleep disorders - Answers Which of the following conditions may accompany
stress?
electrical conductivity - Answers Which of the following most accurately describes what is
measured by an electrocardiogram?
extensibility - Answers The ability of muscle cells to respond to nerve stimuli is called:
ball and socket - Answers Which joint allows for the widest range of movement?
flexion - Answers The type of movement that increases the angle between bones is:
,bone in the skull - Answers A fontanel can best be described as a(n):
red blood cells - Answers Erythropoiesis is the formation of:
specific - Answers Adaptive immunity is also called immunity.
pericardium - Answers The saclike structure around the heart is the:
SA node - Answers The structure referred to as the pacemaker of the heart is(are) the:
both A and C occur - Answers As the activity of osteoblasts increases, the:
hair color somewhere between light and dark - Answers Assume that "A1" is the gene for light
hair and that "A2" is the gene for dark hair. Also assume that these genes demonstrate
codominance. Then, the heterozygous genotype "A1A2" will exhibit the phenotype of:
glucose - Answers The major final product that results from the digestion of carbohydrates is:
albinism and will be a carrier - Answers If "A" stands for the dominant gene that prevents
albinism and "a" stands for the recessive albinism trait, then an individual with the genotype of
"aa" will express:
Absorption is the passage of substances (notably digested food, water, salts, and vitamins)
through the intestinal mucosa into the blood or lymph - Answers Which statement best explains
the process of absorption?
sensory neuron - Answers A neuron that transmits a nerve impulse toward the central nervous
system is called a(n):
all the offspring are identical - Answers The main advantage of sexual reproduction over
asexual reproduction is:
are grouped in the tongue, nose, eyes, and ears - Answers The special senses:
uterus - Answers An ectopic pregnancy can occur in the:
glucose - Answers The preferred energy fuel of the body is:
stimulate increased respirations - Answers A decrease in blood pH below normal tends to:
ovary - Answers Which of the following is not an accessory sex organ of the female
reproductive system?
cataract - Answers Clouding of the lens of the eye is called:
duodenum - Answers The contents of the stomach are emptied into the:
respiratory organs - Answers Which of the following is not a function of the placenta?
,Yes, because the higher temperature inside the body cavity inhibits the secretion of
testosterone by the intestinal or Leydig cells in the testes, which could result in permanent
sterility if untreated - Answers When a male baby was born, the pediatrician discovered that the
baby's left testicle had not descended into the scrotum. If the situation is not corrected soon,
might the baby be sterile?
absorb food - Answers The purpose of peristalsis is to:
drinking liquids too fast - Answers Abnormal conditions that cause fluid and electrolyte output
to exceed input include all the following except:
iron - Answers Which of the following minerals is important in blood cell production?
potassium and calcium - Answers Ringer solution is often described as normal saline solution
modified by the addition of:
descending, transverse, sigmoid, and ascending - Answers The proper anatomical order for the
divisions of the colon is:
4 - Answers There are _____ ventricles in the brain.
bronchioles - Answers The smallest branches of the bronchial tree are:
brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves - Answers The main divisions of the central nervous
system are the:
produces urine, balances blood plasma, and maintains the dynamic consistency of the internal
fluid environment - Answers A good description of the urinary system function is that it:
renal pelvis - Answers The calyces of the kidney join together to form a large collection reservoir
called the:
false - Answers The frontal plane divides the body into right and left sides.
organisms, chemical, tissue, cellular, organ, system, organelle - Answers From smallest to
largest, the levels of organization of the body are:
true - Answers Blood production is a function of the integumentary system.
true - Answers Cell specialization is a necessary characteristic in order for the human body to
function as it does.
true - Answers Certain patterns of body fat distribution in endomorphs are associated with the
development of diabetes.
cells - Answers The smallest living units of structure and function in the body are:
true - Answers Anatomy is the study of the functions of an organism and its parts, as opposed
, to the study of its structure.
responsiveness - Answers Withdrawing from a painful stimulus is an example of:
CO2 - Answers An example of an element would be:
disaccharides - Answers The simple sugars that are the building blocks for other carbohydrates
are:
true - Answers High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is also called the "bad" cholesterol.
electron - Answers A negatively charged subatomic particle that moves around the nucleus is
a(n):
iron - Answers Which of the following represents a trace element in the body?
false - Answers Radiation results from the breaking apart of the nucleus of an atom.
true - Answers Electrolytes include acids, bases, and salts.
solution becomes more basic and Ph rises - Answers As the concentration of hydroxide ions
(OH-) increases, the:
nucleus - Answers DNA is a major constituent of which cell organelle?
microtubules, intermediate filaments, microfilaments - Answers A list of the cell fibers from
largest to smallest would read:
true - Answers Water-soluble substances easily pass through the cell membrane.
immune cells - Answers Which of the following recognize and destroy nonself cells?
flagellum - Answers A specialized cell structure that propels the sperm is the:
true - Answers The largest human cell is the female ovum or egg cell.
mitochondrion - Answers ATP production occurs within which organelle?
true - Answers The size of a cell's nucleolus is indirectly related to the amount of protein the cell
produces.
false - Answers The outer portion of the cell membrane is hydrophobic, or water-loving.
generated by the contraction of the heart, by gravity and is important for the functioning of the
kidneys - Answers Hydrostatic pressure in the blood is:
hypertonic - Answers A saline solution that contains a higher concentration of salt than a red
blood cell would be: