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Mylissa Peck
SCI 220-27
Question | Answer |
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The abdominal quadrants are loacted with what stucture at the midpoint? | Umbilicus |
The plane that divides the body in to upper and lower quadrants is what plane? | Transverse |
Two major cavities of the human body are: | Ventral/dorsal |
A plane through the body that divides right and left sides is called: | Saggital |
Molecules are: | Atoms combined to form larger chemical aggregates |
From smallest to largest, the levels of organization of the body are: | Chemical, organelle, cellular, tissue, organ, system, organsism |
The brain is ___as compared to the skull | Deep |
The abdominopelvic cavity contains all of the following except the: | Heart |
The gallbladder lies in the: | Abdominal cavity |
Blood production is a function of what system? | Skeletal |
The lungs are located in the: | Thoracic cavity |
Mitochondria, Golgi apparatus, and endoplasmic reticulum are examples of: | Organelles |
Several kinds of tissue working together are termed an: | Organ |
The number of abdominal regions: | Nine |
A solution that contains a greater concentration of Hydroxide ions (OH-) than hydrogen ions (H+) is a(n) ___solution | Alkaline |
An ionic bond is formed by: | A positive and a negative ion attracting each other |
Substances that accept hydrogen ions are called: | Bases |
Approximately what percentage of the body weight of an adult female is water? | 50% |
The approximate pH of gastric fluid is: | 2 |
Which of the following bonds are the weakest? | Hydrogen |
The octet rule refers to: | Stability of the atom when there are eight electrons in the outermost energy level. |
An isotope of an element contains different numbers of_____from other atoms of the same element. | Neutrons |
In the presence of a base, red litmus paper will: | Turn blue |
A negatively charged subatomic particle that moves around the nucleus is a(n): | Electron |
When atoms combine, the may gain, lose or share: | Electrons |
Skin cells are held tightly together by: | Desmosomes |
The presence of which substance in the cell membrane keeps it from breaking too easily? | Cholesterol |
ATP production occurs within whicn organelle? | Mitochondrion |
The fundamental organizational unit of life is the: | Cell |
Granules or threads within the nucleus are called: | Chromatin |
Which organelle processes and packages material to be secreted? | Golgi apparatus |
The cell extension that assists epithelial cells in absorption is called: | Microvilli |
Main cell structures include all of the following except: | Intersitial fluid |
The largest human cell, measuring around 150um, is a: | Female sex cell or ovum |
Projections from the cell that move materials and mucus are called: | Cilia |
The nucleus is the only structure in the cell that contains DNA: | False |
The nucleolus is composed mainly of: | rRNA |
Which type of tissue has cube-shaped cells and can be found lining the kidney tubules? | Simple cuboidal epithelium |
The fluid environment that fills the spaces between the cells of the body is called: | Extracellular matrix |
Which of the following tissues lack a direct blood supply and consequently heal very slowly? | Cartilage |
The two main layers that compose the skin are the dermis and: | Epidermis |
The most abundant and widespread tissue in the body is: | Connective |
Which of the following in not a type of conncective tissue? | Cardiac |
The skin glands include three kinds of microscopic glands. They are the __________glands. | Sweat, sebaceous, and ceruminous |
A lubricating substance produced by the goblet cells is called: | Mucus |
The very small bone that lies just posterior and lateral to each nasal bone is the: | Lacrimal |
Which of the following is not a bone in the leg? | Mandible |
The joint between the pubic portions of each coxal bone is the: | Pubic symphysis |
The two bones that form the framework for the forearm are the: | Radius and ulna |
Where would you find the tarsal bone? | Foot |
Which of the following is a bone in the axial skeleton? | Vertebra |
Which of the following bones form the framework of the hand? | Metacarpals |
The dense, white fibrous membrane that covers bone except at joint surfaces is the: | Periosteum |
The most common type of cartilage is: | Hyaline |
Cartilage is classified as____tissue | Connective |
The human skeleton system consists of two divisions. They are: | Axial and appendicular |
Compact bone contains many cylinder-shaped structural units called: | Osteons |
Which bone is the longest and heaviest bone in the body? | Femur |