DUSTIN SMITH
Which of the following activities would represent a physiological study?
determining normal blood sugar levels for 20-year-old students
The integumentary system has many functions, one of which is
detection of heat and touch.
Connective tissue in tendons is
dense regular collagenous tissue
Which of the following abdominal regions would contain the appendix?
right iliac
Organize the following structural levels of the human body from simplest to most
complex.
(1) cell(2) tissue(3) chemical(4) organ system(5) organ
3, 1, 2, 5, 4
Cells that maintain bone are called
osteocytes
Cells that break down bone are called
osteoclasts
Eccrine sweat glands
aid in cooling the body.
,This stratum contains many layers of dead squamous cells.
stratum corneum
The support and protection of neurons rests with
neuroglia
Stratified epithelium consists of
multiple layers of cells
Consider the following structural levels: chemical, organ, tissue, cell, and organ system.
Which level encompasses the other four?
organ system
The layer of epidermis that undergoes mitosis and forms new epidermal cells is the
stratum basale.
Which subdivision of anatomy involves the study of organs that function together?
systemic
The epidermis of the skin is composed of
stratified squamous epithelium
Which of the following is NOT a component of a negative feedback mechanism?
stabilizer
Movement of food through the digestive tract results from the action of
smooth muscle
What type of tissue contains cells called neurons?
nervous tissue
Homeostasis is defined as
the maintenance of a relatively constant environment within the body
, What type of muscle is found attached to bones?
skeletal muscle
The various types of epithelium are classified by
shape of cells and number of cell layers
Proximal means
closer than another structure to the point of attachment to the trunk.
Keratinocytes
are responsible for the reduction of water loss from the skin.
What plane divides the body into equal right and left halves?
median
An expanded knob at the base of the hair root is the
hair bulb
Cedric slipped and cut his finger. The cut bled, but did not penetrate to the hypodermis.
The deepest layer penetrated was the
papillary layer of the dermis.
The outer surface of the hair is called the
cuticle
The sural region is the
calf
Which of the following represents the correct order of the layers of the epidermis from
the deepest to the most superficial?
stratum basale, stratum spinosum, stratum granulosum, stratum lucidum, and
stratum corneum