Teas 6 Science Answers 2022/23 (complete all answers correct)

What is the name of the structure that prevents food from entering the airway? - correct answer Epiglottis Which substance makes up the pads that provide support between the vertebrae? - correct answer Cartilage The two criteria for classifying epithelial tissue are cell layers and ______ - correct answer Cell shape Where is the parathyroid gland located? - correct answer Neck How many organ systems are in the human body? - correct answer 11 Which element within the respiratory system is responsible for removing foreign matter from the lungs? - correct answer Cilia What is the name of the process in the lungs by which oxygen is transported from the air to the blood? - correct answer Diffusion Which gland is responsible for the regulation of calcium levels? - correct answer Parathyroid Which secretion of the digestive system is responsible for water reabsorption? - correct answer Large intestine Describe one responsibility of the integumentary system. - correct answer Blocking pathogens that cause disease When are parasympathetic nerves active within the nervous system? - correct answer When a person is resting or eating What best describes the relationship between the circulatory system and the integumentary system? - correct answer Removal of excess heat from body Once blood has been oxygenated, it travels through the pulmonary veins, through the left atrium, and then through the _______ before entering the left ventricle. - correct answer Mitral valve The part of the human excretory system most responsible for maintaining normal body temperature is what? - correct answer Sweat glands A part of what body system controls fluid loss, protects deep tissue, and synthesizes vitamin D? - correct answer Integumentary system The respiratory system ______ oxygen and ______ carbon dioxide. - correct answer Delivers; expels What is the name for any substance that stimulates the production of antibodies? - correct answer Antigen What does not exist in RNA? - correct answer Thymine In what muscle type are the filaments arranged in a disorderly manner? - correct answer Smooth muscle Which hormone is produced by the pineal gland? - correct answer Melatonin What type of plane describes a section that divides the body into equal right and left parts? - correct answer Mid-sagittal In the development of genetic traits, one gene must match to the one _______ for the traits to develop correctly. - correct answer Protein What can be found in the dorsal cavity of the body? - correct answer Spine What best describes the careful ordering of molecules within solids that have a fixed shape? - correct answer Crystalline order What structure moves downward during inspiration? - correct answer Diaphragm Which of the following describes the transport network that is responsible for the transference of proteins throughout a cell? - correct answer ER The right lung has ___ lobes and the left lung has ___ lobes? - correct answer 3;2 A _________ is the physical and visible expression of a genetic trait. - correct answer Phenotype Which systems primary function is to release hormones ? - correct answer Endocrine system The heart is located in which of the following areas? - correct answer Thoracic A substance is considered acidic if it has a pH of less than ____. - correct answer 7 What best describes the location of the trachea in relation to the esophagus? - correct answer Anterior A triple beam balance would show what unit of measurement ? - correct answer Grams What best describes a section that divides the body into equal upper and lower portions? - correct answer Transverse What best describes the role of RNA? - correct answer Sending messages about the correct sequence of proteins in DNA What do catalysts alter to control the rate of a chemical reaction? - correct answer Activation energy What best describes the primary function of the nervous system? - correct answer The center of communication of the body What system is primarily responsible for helping the body breathe? - correct answer Respiratory system Which system helps fight illnesses? - correct answer Immune system What bone type is embedded in tendons? - correct answer Sesamoid bones What is NOT a product of respiration ? - correct answer Glucose What blood vessel contains the least-oxygenated blood? - correct answer Pulmonary artery What layer of the heart contains striated muscle fibers for contraction of the heart? - correct answer Myocardium What blood vessel carries oxygenated blood back to the heart? - correct answer Pulmonary vein What part of the cell is often called the cell "power house" because it provides energy for cellular functions? - correct answer Mitochondria What function do ribosomes serve within a cell? - correct answer Ribosomes aid in protein synthesis What us the most likely reason that cells differentiate? - correct answer So that simple, non-specialized cells become highly specialized cells How is meiosis similar to mitosis ? - correct answer Both occur in human, other animals, and plants How do DNA and RNA function together as part of the human genome? - correct answer RNA carries genetic information from DNA in the cytoplasm The majority of nutrients absorption occurs in the ____. - correct answer Small intestines What process should the DNA within a cell undergo before the cell replicates? - correct answer The DNA should replicate so that daughter cells have the same amount of of DNA material after cell division What basic molecular unit enables hereditary information to be transmitted from parent to offspring? - correct answer Genes What statement accurately compares/contrasts the structures of DNA and RNA? - correct answer Both DNA and RNA have 4 nucleotide bases, three of the bases are the same but the fourth base is thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA What characteristic is part of a persons genotype? - correct answer CFTR genes that cause cystic fibrosis Where is the interstitial fluid found? - correct answer In the tissues around cells What type of cells secrete antibodies? - correct answer Plasma cells Chemical C is a catalyst in the reaction between chemical A and chemical B. What us the effect of chemical C? - correct answer Chemical C increases the rate if the reaction between A and B What type of molecules are enzymes? - correct answer Proteins molecules What structure controls the hormones secreted by the pituitary gland? - correct answer Hypothalamus Where do gas exchange occur in the human body? - correct answer Alveoli An atom has 5 protons, 5 neutrons, and 6 electrons. What is the electric charge if this atom? - correct answer Negative What systems primary function is to take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide ? - correct answer Respiratory system What best describes the structures found underneath each rib in defending order? - correct answer Vein, artery, nerve What is the primary function of the spleen? - correct answer Filters microorganisms and other foreign substances from the blood