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Assignment 2
Human Anatomy
Question | Answer |
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A muscle is attached to the femur and tibia. Its function or action is to bend the knee. When it contracts, it is acting as the: | prime mover. |
Groups of skeletal muscle fibers are bound together by a connective tissue envelope called the: | perimysium. |
The covering of individual muscle fibers is the: | endomysium. |
In the human nervous system: | there are almost equal numbers of glia cells and neurons. |
Interneurons reside in the: | CNS only. |
The peripheral nervous system includes: | only cranial nerves, spinal nerves, and their branches. |
Parasympathetic neuron cell bodies are located in: | nuclei of the brainstem and the lateral gray columns of the sacral cord. |
The hormone produced by the heart | increases the excretion of sodium in the urine. |
Hormone that inhibits osteoclast activity in children. | calcitonin |
Pancreatic cell type that produces insulin. | beta cells |
Region of the hypophysis that contains secretory endocrine cells derived from the oral ectoderm. | adenohypophysis |
Fluid filling the posterior segment of the eye. | vitreous humor |