TEAS 7 SCIENCE 2024

Hyperventilation - ANSWER carbon dioxide levels decrease causing increase in blood PH Stratum Basale - ANSWER deepest layer contains melanin producing cells called melanocytes Tendon - ANSWER connect bone to muscle Estrogen - ANSWER a hormone produced in the ovaries Spleen - ANSWER erythrocytes recycled; blood filtered. Damage to spleen is critical spleen full of blood resulting massive blood loss First degree burn - ANSWER only epidermis is damaged; sunburn example of first degree burn second degree burn - ANSWER involves epidermis and some dermis tissue. Scalding and severe sun burn are ex of second degree burn Third degree burn - ANSWER a burn involving all layers of the skin; characterized by the destruction of the epidermis and dermis, with damage or destruction of subcutaneous tissue When an enzyme is degraded into its monomeric structural units, the monomers will be - ANSWER amino acids;