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Any condition that disrupts homeostasis?
Stressors
Which body system deals with VO2max?
Respiratory
What are the 5 environmental factors necessary for survival?
Water, Oxygen, Nutrients, Heat, Pressure
What is the "breaking down" part of metabolism?
Catabolism
Which of the following means closer to a point of attachment or origin?
Proximal
What is the plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts?
Frontal
Which systems components are the mouth, esophagus, and stomach?
Digestive
The region that is the midline, superior to the umbilical region, is the...
Epigsatric
Which systems function is to produce movement, maintain posture, and provide heat?
Muscular
The dorsal body cavity contains...
Spinal and Cranial Cavities
Which 2 systems defend against diseases?
Cardiovascular and Lymphatic
Which systems function to excrete metabolic waste, regulate fluid balance and acid-base balance?
Urinary
All chemical reactions occur in the body?
Metabolism
What systems function is to provide a storage place for calcium?
Skeletal
What four elements make up 95% of the human body by weight?
Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen, Nitrogen
What is the smallest particle of an element?
Atom
The number of protons in the nucleus is called the ____?
Atomic number
Together, protons and neutrons account for the ___ of an atom.
Mass
Electrons are located in the ___ of an atom.
Nucleus
What element's importance is necessary to maintain blood chemistry?
Copper
What elements importance is to aid in the development of teeth and bones?
Fluorine
What element's importance is to aid in carbohydrate metabolism?
Chromium
What element's importance is a component of thyroid hormones?
Iodine
Atoms of a given element that have different numbers of neutrons that protons are called ____.
Isotopes
Unstable isotopes are also known as____.
Radioactive Isotopes
What bond is formed when two atoms share a pair of electrons?
Covalent
Which bond is an intermolecular bond?
Hydrogen
What ions are important in acid-base balance?
Hydrogen, Hydroxide
A combination of two or more substances is called a ____.
Mixture
What special type of diffusion uses a carrier molecule?
Facilitated
What is the control center that directs the metabolic activities of the cell?
Nucleus
What cellular component is considered the "packing and shipping plant" of the cell?
Golgi Apparatus
What is pinocytosis also referred as?
Cell Drinking
What is the first stage of Mitosis?
Prophase
What is the process where genetic information is transferred from DNA to mRNA?
Transcription
What are the two main structural components of the plasma membrane?
Phospholipids and Protein
What part of the mitochondria is the location for enzymes that are necessary for the production of ATP?
Cristae
What is known as the "little nucleus"?
Nucleolus
What is a solution that has a higher solute concentration?
Hypertonic
What cellular component's function is protein synthesis?
Ribosome's
What is it called when a cell ruptures?
Lysis
What is phagocytosis also referred to as?
Cell eating
In what phase of mitosis does the chromosomes align along the center of the cell?
Anaphase
What process moves molecules and ions "uphill" against a concentration gradient?
Active Transport
What type of fivers are strong, flexible, slightly elastic and found in tendons and ligaments?
Collagenous
What is another name for smooth muscle tissue'?
Visceral Tissue
What type of epithelium appears to have multiple layers but really the cells are not the same height?
Pseudo stratified Columnar
What is the most common type of cartilage?
Hyamine
What type of membrane lines the cavities of the freely movable joints?
Synorial
What is the only connective tissue with a liquid matrix?
blood
What type of gland empties hormones directly into blood?
Endocrine
What type of muscle tissue is found in the wall of the heart?
Serous
What is the defense mechanism to contain tissue injury and prepare for healing?
Inflammation
What type of serous membrane line that intestines?
Pentoreum
What is the body's energy storage (fat)?
Adipose tissue
What type of fiber is found in vocal cords?
Elastic
What are leukocygtes and what do they do?
White Blood Cells that fight disease
What is meant when a gland only consists of one cell?
Unicellular
Of the 3 layers of skin, which is anchored to underlying organs?
Epidermis
What is the "base" layer of the epidermis?
Stratum basale
What is the study of tissues?
Histology
OF the 3 pigments which is responsible for the yellow to orange pigment?
Carotene
What gland is found in the external ear canal and produces ear wax?
Ceremonious
The arrector pill muscle is associated with what?
Goose Bumps
At what degree burn can you heal withing 2-3 days?
First
What percentage of the body's blood does the skin store?
5%
What for forms distinct patterns that provide friction for grasping objects (fingerprints)?
Papillae
Each person has the same number of melanocytes but melanocytes produce different amounts of melanin depending on...?
Genetics and Environment
Bronzing is a sign of what disease?
Addison's
What gland is found on all parts of the body except palms and soles of feet and secretes oil?
Sebaceous
Of the 4 parts of the intergumentary system, which guard head from physical trauma, heat loss, and sun lights?
Skin
What is the portion of the nail body over the matrix that appears as a whitish, crescent-shaped area?
Lunula
One of the functions of skin is to sun thesis what Vitamin?
Vitamin D