BIOD 151 M5 Test Questions with Correct Answers

BIOD 151 M5 Test Questions with Correct Answers What lies within the ventral body cavity? - Answer-thoracic cavity, pleural cavity, thoracic cavity, pericardial cavity, abdominopelvic cavity What is serosa? - Answer-membrane that lines the ventral body cavity and the outer surface of the organs What is pleurisy? - Answer-inflammation of the pleurae What are the nine abdominopelvic regions? - Answer-R/L hypochondriac, epigastric, R/L lumbar, umbilical, R/L hypogastric, hypogastric Why do cells need to remain relatively small? - Answer-Because as the cell expands, the amount of surface area relative to volume decreases. The smaller cell is more active when its surface area, relative to its volume, is bigger What are the three characteristics of a prokaryotic cell? - Answer-smaller than eukaryotic, DNA is not enclosed in a nuclear membrane, do not contain many of the internal membrane-bound organelles that eukaryotic cells have What parts of a prokaryotic cell can be labeled? - Answer-capsule, cell wall, plasma membrane, cytoplasm, ribosomes, plasmid, pili, bacterial flagellum, nucleoid What is the nucleus in a eukaryotic cell? - Answer-surrounded by a nuclear membrane and contains DNA. Serves as the control enter of the cell