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58 Cards in this Set
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Using anatomic directions, describe the location of the ankle in relation to the knee. |
Distal
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What is the serous membrane surrounding the heart called?
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Pericardium
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What is the actively mitotic layer of the epidermis called?
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Stratum Germinativum
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What is the total number of phalanges in the human skeleton?
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56
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The flexor carpi ulnaris is located in what part of the body?
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Wrist
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What area of the brain controls muscle cordination and balance?
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Cerebellum
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What is the nickname for the pituatary gland?
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The Master Gland
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Which of the following is not a type of white blood cell?
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Erythrocytes
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What cellular structures trap bacteria and pollutants in the upper respiratory system?
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Cilia
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What is the largest gland of the human body?
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Liver
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What structure acts as a storage area for urine?
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Urinary bladder.
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What portion of the uterus is under direct hormonal effect?
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Edometrium
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What is the most important characteristic of water?
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Polarity of hydrogen-oxygen bonds.
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Which of the following biologic macromolecules ar emost important to the cellular membrane?
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Phospholipids
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What cellular organelle is the site of the catabolic pathway leading to cellular energy production?
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Mitochondrion
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What type of cellular reproduction do bacteria undergo?
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Binary fission
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What is the probability that a recessive trait would be expressed in offspring if two parents are both heterozygous for the desired trait were crossed.
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25%
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In hwich organelle does transcription begin?
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mRNA
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At what phase of meosis does crossing over occur?
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Prophase I
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Within liver cells, glycogen can be decomposed to yield glucose. For this process to occur, which substances must also be present?
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Glucagon and epinephrine
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Which cellular process results in the formation of sugar from carbon dioxide?
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Calvin cycle
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What is the name for the small, tail-like projection from the cellular membrane that is used for locomotion?
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Flagella
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Whcih word refers to a region of the spinal cord?
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Lumbar
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The phalanx is a
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bone
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The dermis is classified as an
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organ
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Upper motor neurons originate in what area of the body?
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Motor area of the cerebral hemispheres
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Where are the pressoreceptors and chemoreceptors (specialized sensory nerves that assist with the regulation of circulation and respiration?
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Carotid body
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Where are the baroreceptors located?
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Aorta
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Which structure is an example of a long bone?
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Metatarsal
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Which structure is divided into four lobes?
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Liver
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Eye movement and papillary reflexes originate in which part of the central nervous system?
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Midbrain
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Which vessel transports blood from the lung to the heart?
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Pulmonary vein
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What does the word pulmonary refer to?
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Lungs
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Venous refers to which body system?
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Circulation
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What is the primary sympathetic neurohormone?
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Norepinephrine
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An improper balance between calcium and which substance can adversly affect the growth of healthy bone tissue?
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Phosphorus
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The functions of the pulmonary vein is to carry
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oxygenated blood to the left atrium.
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What substance causes extreme dilation of arterioles and capillaries, stagnating blood flow within the tissues and leading to profound shock?
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Histamine
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What is the expected pH of the stomach?
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.90 to 1.5
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What mineral is responsible for muscle contraction?
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Calcium
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Bile is secreted into which organ?
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Small intestine
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What is the funtion of glucocorticoids that are secreted from the adrenal cortex?
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Carbohydrate, protein, and fat metabolism.
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What does parathyroid hormone regulate?
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Calcium
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What is the function of aldosterone?
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Conserves sodium in the body
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What is the function of the baroreceptors?
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To decrease heart rate.
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Which nerve is responsible for regulating the amount of light enetering the eye?
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Oculomotor nerve
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What component of th eblood helps maintain glomerular oncotic pressure at a normal level of 33 mm Hg, which in turn keeps a large amount of water from escaping the capillary?
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Protein
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What is the benefit of water's ability to make hydrogen bonds?
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Hiigh specific heat
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What is the weakest of all the molecular forces?
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Dispersion
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How could water be boiled at room temperature?
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Lower the pressure
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What is the primary purpose of the flagella on the surface of cells?
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Movement
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What process is responsible for actively transporting small particles across the cell membrane?
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Pinocytosis
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What is the primary cause of water molecules moving into or out of the cell?
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Water molecule pressure gradient along the cell membrane.
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Why is DNA important for metabolic activities of the cell?
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Controls synthesis of enzymes.
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Which outcome measure would most likely indicate that a sample of water contains acid?
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pH
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Which structure is the primary control center for cellular activities?
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Nucleus
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A diploid germ cell containing 72 chromosomes undergoes meiosis. How many chromosomes will be in each gamete?
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36
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Chemical reactions in living systems proceed along catabolic pathways, and there tends to be an increase in
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Entrophy
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