click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Nykeisha Jackson
Anatomy Week 6-12
Question | Answer |
---|---|
There are more than 600 muscles in the body | True |
Another name for a sphincter muscle is a ____ muscle | Circular |
The glia cells that help form the blood-brain barrier are the | Astrocytes |
What term describes the bundles of nerve fibers within the central nervous system | Tracts |
The spinal nerves are connected to the spinal cord and consists ___ pairs | 31 |
Formation of the cerebrospinal fluid occurs in the | Choroid Plexus |
Region of the hypophysis that contains the secretory endocrine cells derived from the oral ectoderm | Adenohypophysis |
Fluid filling the posterior segment of the eye | Vitreous humor |
The anatomical stalk of the pituitary is also known as | Infundibulum |
Atria are often called ___ because they receive blood from vessels called veins. | receiving chambers |
The four structures that compose the conduction system of the heart are the | SA node, AV node, Av bundle and Purkinje fibers. |
Recognition of antigens by antibodies occurs when an | Antibody's epitopes fit into and bind to an antigen molecule's antibody-binding site. |
Which of the following is true of the cribriform plate? | It separates the nasal and cranial cavities. |