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ANATOMY #2
cH 6-12
Question | Answer |
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The part of the nervous system that transmits impulses from the CNS to the skeletal muscle is the | somatic nervous system |
Interneurons reside in the | CNS only |
Gray matter in the brain and spinal cord consists primarily of | cell bodies |
Blood from the brachiocephalic vein drains into the | head, neck, and upper extremity |
During fetal circulation, what opening in the septum, between the right and left atria, directs most of the blood so that it bypasses the fetal lungs? | foramen ovale |
The four structures that compose the conduction system of the heart are the | SA node, AV node, AV bundle, and Purkinje fibers |
The outermost layer of the larger blood vessels is the tunica | adventitia |
Which layer of the larger blood vessels is made up of endothelium? | tunica intima |
The movement of phagocytes from blood vessels to an inflammation site is called | diapedesis |
Each cortical nodule is composed of packed lymphocytes that surround a less dense area called a | germinal center |
The functions of the lymph nodes are | defense and hematopoiesis |
Molecules formed by the reactions of the complement cascade assemble themselves on the enemy cell’s surface, which results in | cytolysis |