BIOL 1F25 TEST QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY

BIOL 1F25 TEST QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY Homo-sapiens - ANSWER The genus and species of humans. Metabolism - ANSWER Chemical process by which your body breaks down food to release energy. Cell - ANSWER the smallest unit that can perform all life processes Unicellular Organisms - ANSWER made up of one cell Multicellular organisms - ANSWER made up of many cells Evolution - ANSWER How population changes over time DNA - ANSWER deoxyribonucleic acid, genetic information of all living things Sources of Scientific Information - ANSWER Peer reviewed journals Science Magazines Scientific Textbooks News papers and news magazines TV Internet Parkinson's disease - ANSWER A disorder of the central nervous system that affects movement, often including tremors, and slurred speech Parkinson's symptoms - ANSWER Rigid muscles, slow movement, shuffle type of walk, hand tremor, stooped posture, difficulty speaking, drooling/ trouble swallowing Graph - ANSWER Y Axis (vertical): "Dependent" variable X Axis (horizontal) "Independent" variable Theory - ANSWER An accepted hypothesis Plantae - ANSWER Kingdom of multicellular photosynthetic autotrophs that have cell walls containing cellulose 4 Parts of the brain - ANSWER frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe 3 types of neurons - ANSWER sensory, motor, interneurons 3 structures of neurons - ANSWER cell body, dendrites, axon Cajal and Golgi - ANSWER discovered that the nervous system consists of individual cells Midbrain - ANSWER Relays visual and auditory information afferent, efferent - ANSWER afferent (sensory) nerves moving into the NS efferent (motor) nerves leaving the NS multiple sclerosis - ANSWER myelin sheath destruction. disruptions in nerve impulse conduction A node of Ranvier (myelin sheath gap) - ANSWER is a bare region of axonal membrane in myelinated axons only. myelin sheath - ANSWER formed by glial cells that wrap tightly around the axon Hindbrain - ANSWER Medulla oblongata: automatic function of internalorgans Cerebellum: controls movement and the learning of motor control MAO - ANSWER monoamine oxidase: the act to limit the activity in NS Euraryote - ANSWER organisms with cells that have nuclei Animalia - ANSWER Animals; cells have nuclei, eat plants and decomposers Fungi - ANSWER Decomposers; mushrooms, yeasts, molds Amygala - ANSWER Mediates emotional behavior of fear Over activity associated with anxiety disorders HPA - ANSWER Hypothalmus Pitutary Gland Adrenal Gland - All regulate stress responses 7 stages of Alzheimer's - ANSWER 1- no sign 2- forgetful, aware, frustrated with self, lose things, forget where put keys 3- mild cognitive decline (not able to work, stay focused), lost driving, can't remember names, can't plan/organize for future, 4- cannot