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Anatomy Assignment Chap. 1-7
Question | Answer |
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What are three specific things your body does to maintain homeostasis? | Regulates temperature, regulates water, and regulates sugar levels. |
What is the normal pH level of human blood? | The normal pH level of human blood is between 7.35 and 7.45 which is slightly alkaline. |
What is the fluid matrix inside cells called? | Cytoplasm |
What two kinds of nerve cells are in nervous tissue? | Neurons and Neuroglia |
What is osmosis? | Osmosis is the diffusion of water molecules across a semi permeable membrane. |
True or false. Tight junctions are narrow tunnels between cells that consist of proteins called connexons? | False...This type of junction is called a gap junction. |
True or false. The skin is the largest organ in the body and is made-up of epithelial tissue and connective tissue? | True |
The skin is made-up of five layers. Four of these layers are: the stratum corneum, the stratum lucidum, the stratum spinosum, and the stratum basale. What is the name of the missing layer from this list? | The Stratum Granulosum |
The “carving out” or forming the marrow cavity of bones is performed by what cells? | Osteoclasts |
What kind of bone is the patella? | Sesamoid Bone |