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A&P quizzes 1-2
Explain the concept of bilateral symmetry. | right and left internal and external features of an animal's body are organized around the central body axis. Paired structures are located realitively the same distance from the median plane and single structures lie along the median plane. |
Dorsal body cavity | The body cavity that contains the brain and spinal cord is the __________________ body cavity. |
Dorsal plane | The plane that divides the animal into dorsal and ventral parts is the ___________________. |
Macroscopic | Another term for gross anatomy is ______________________ anatomy. |
Lateral | The direction away from midline is _____________________. |
cell | The basic functional unit of life is the ______________________. |
Which plane divides the animal into equal left and right parts? | median plane |
regional anatomy | A study of all of the components in the neck of an animal would be an example of: |
palmer | The directional term referring to the bottom of a cats front paw is: |
Epithelial tissues bind cells and structures together and support the body. | false |
The shoulder of a camel is distal to the elbow. | false |
All of the organs in the thoracic cavity are covered by a thin membrane called the pleura. | true |
The transverse plane divides an animal into cranial and caudal portions. | true |
adipose | fat |
health | a state of normal anatomy and physiology that all the body to function normally |
homeostasis | a state of equilibrium in the body maintained in the body by feedback and regulatory processes in response to internal |
pleura | the thin membrane in the thoracic cavity that covers thoracic organs and lines the thoracic cavity |
cell | first |
tissue | second |
organ | third |
system | forth |
organism | fifth |
Explain how the polarity of water enables water to function as a primary transportation mechanisms within living organisms. | enables water to dissolve solutes through ionization and suspend non-polar substances. Within living organisms, blood is a primary transport network throughout the body. Polar substances such as salts, acids and bases dissolve in blo |
steroids | ________________ are formed from a cholesterol base with various functional groups attached. |
glucose | Glycogen is made up of _________________ molecules linded together. |
glycerol, fatty acid | Triglycerides are made up of a ________________________ molecule and three _____________ _______________. |
amino acids | Proteins are made up of ___________ _____________ linked together by peptide bonds |
glycolipid | A _________________ is a lipid with a carbohydrate chain attached. |
How many nucleotides are needed to create the code for an amino acid? | three |
Which group of fats form a lipid bylayer? | phospholipids |
When two monosaccharides are joined together they form a: | dissaccharide |
Water is a universal solute. | false |
Proteins are the most abdundant organic compounds in the body. | true |
RNA and DNA both contain the nucleotides adenin, guanine and cytosine. | true |
Unsaturated fatty acids do not contain double bonds between carbon atoms. | false |
Carbohydrate | monosaccharides |
Proteins | amino acids |
DNA | deoxyribose sugar and nucleotides |
RNA | ribose sugar and nucleotides |
ATP | adenosine and three phosphate groups |
Cellular respiration | the oxidation of organic material to yield energy, carbon dioxide and water. |
Colloid | emulsions, heterogenous mixtions that contain much larger sized solutes than those founding solutions |
Hydroloysis | breaking down more complex molecules into simple ones by adding water |
Salt | an ionic compound composed of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions so that the product is electronically |
Solution | homogenous mixtures of two or more substances |