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ON a blood smear slide there are RBC, WBC, and tiny cell fragments known as?
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Platelets
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Which type of cartilage makes up the discs found between vertebrae?
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Fibrous
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Where is tRNA found?
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Cytoplasm
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The outermost layer of the skin is composed of?
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Stratified squamous
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What types of epithelial tissues are especially known for their secretions? This is what they do most of the time.
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Cuboidal
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Which cells support nerve cells (neurons)?
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Neuroglial cells
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Where is smooth muscle found?
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Digestive system and other glands.
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Tissue composed of a single layer of cube-shaped cells is called?
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Simple cuboidal
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What type of muscle tissue contain intercalated discs?
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Cardiac muscle
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Dehydrocholesterol is converted into vitamin D by?
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Ultraviolet light
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What type of tissue is the nucleus of the cell pushed up against the cell membrane and not in the middle of the cell?
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Adipose tissue
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______ are relatively large cells that are usually widely distributed in connective tissue & are usually located near blood vessels, release histamine and serotonin, and SRS-A
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Mast Cell
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What does DNA code for anyway?
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Proteins
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What accessory cells are usually associated with columnar cells?
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Goblet cells
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What is the function of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum?
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Synthesizes lipids
It is a tubular transport system with the cell. |
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_______ is the most common kind of resident cell found in connective tissues.
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Fibroblast
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Simple cuboidal epithelium is found where?
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Pituitary gland
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The outer most, hardened keratinized layer of skin is known as?
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Stratum corneum
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Which sensory receptor responds to heavy pressure?
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Pacinian corpuscles
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Stratified squamous epithelium is found?
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Anal canal
Throat Vagina Outer skin |
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What is the function of tRNA?
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Binds to and carries amino acids to the messenger RNA.
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The function of epithelial tissue is?
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Cover all surfaces of the body.
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What muscles surround the hair follicle?
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Arrector pili muscle
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Blood cells in the adult are formed in the?
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Red marrow
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What organelles add lipids or carbohydrates to proteins prior to their use by the cell?
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Golgi apparatus
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The function of the canaliculi is to?
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Transfer nutrients from one bone cell to another.
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Where would simple squamous be found?
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Alveoli
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What tissue consists of a single layer of thin, flattened, irregular cells that fit tightly together?
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Simple squamous
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What serous membrane encloses the heart, espohagus, trachea, and thymus gland?
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Mediastinum
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What type of cartilage is found in the ear?
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Elastic
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The outer most layer of skin is known as?
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Epidermis
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The process by which glucose is burned within a cell is known as?
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Oxidation
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Which is found in DNA but not in RNA?
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Thymine
Uracil is found in RNA |
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Meisner's corpuscles are stimulated by?
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Light pressure
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What regions of the brain is most responsible for the maintenance of normal body temperature?
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Hypothalimus
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What is cellular fuel known as?
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ATP
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Hair is absent on what parts of the body?
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Nipples
Palms Soles of the feet |
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What is a function of bone tissue?
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Store adipose tissue
Produce blood cells Provide support and protection. |
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Which type of sweat gland responds to elevated body temperature?
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Apocrine
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Tissue composed of a single layer of cube-shaped cells is called?
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Simple cuboidal
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What is the function of the integumentary system?
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Protection
Retards water loss Contains sensory receptors Secrets waste products |
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The function of fibroblast is?
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It produces both yellow and white fibers.
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The neuron cell body is known as the?
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Soma
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What is the molecule/chemical that actually enters the mitochondria and begins the Kreb's cycle?
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Pyruvic acid
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The active growing region of cells producing the nail plate is called the?
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Lunula
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Which antibody is found attached to the surface of certain lymphocytes?
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IgD
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The process by which large molecules are broken down into smaller units is known as?
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Catabolism
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RNA contains all but which of the following base neucleotides? adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine, uracil
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Thymine
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Which protein is responsible for waterproofing the skin?
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Keratin
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Blood vessels, and nerves are found in which of the following areas within the bone matrix?
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Haversian Canal
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How many molecular bonds can hydrogen form?
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One
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The outermost layer of the skin is composed of?
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Stratified squamous
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What ways does the body loose heat?
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Evaporation
Radiation Conduction Convection |
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What is true about skeletal muscles?
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They are controlled voluntarily, are usually found attached to bone, contain striations, contain many nuclei per cell.
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What is the nucleus of an atom composed of?
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Protons & Neutrons
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What describes ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium?
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Found lining the sinuses.
Is a single layer of cells, with the nuclei of each cell appearing at different levels. |
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What is the function of the dendrites?
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Carry impulses to the neuron cell bodies.
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Ciliated pseudostratified columnar tissue is classified as which type of tissue?
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Epithelial
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What is another name for the integumentary system?
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Cutaneous membrane
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What is the name of the first step in Cellular Respiration?
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Glycolysis
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The fallopian tubes contain which type of epithelium?
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Islets of Langerhans
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Cartilage cells are found in chambers known as?
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Lacunae
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The region/area of the epidermis where active cellular division is occurring is known as the?
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Stratum germativum
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What type of muscle is involuntary and contains striations?
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Cardiac
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The 4 major types of tissue include all but which of the following?
nerve, cartilage, muscle, epithelial |
Cartilage
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An RNA molecule consists of how many polynucleotide chains (strands)?
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One
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What is a function of bone tissue?
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Store adipose tissue
Produce blood cells Provide support and protection. |
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DNA is different from RNA What are the differences?
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DNA is double stranded & DNA has a deoxyribose sugar.
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Hair extends out of tube-like depressions known as?
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Follicles
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What is true concerning anaerobic respiration?
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It occurs in the cytoplasm of a cell.
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The function of the protein Keratin is?
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It hardens, drys, and waterproofs the outer layers of the skin.
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For every molecule of glucose that is burned, what is the net gain of ATP?
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38
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Oxygen plays a part in the Kreb's cycle at the very last step. What does oxygen do here?
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It is the final electron acceptor and Hydrogen proton acceptor forming water.
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Glands that secrete their products into ducts that open into some internal or external surface are called?
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Exocrine glands
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What tissue forms the inner linings of the urinary bladder, and the passageways of the urinary system?
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Transitional epithelium
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Glucose--->pyruvic acid + coenzyme-a --->_______?
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Acetylcoenzyme-a
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Which is not a form of energy?
Heat, sunlight, chemical, mechanical, enzymes |
Enzymes
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Which is not true concerning enzymes?
Most are proteins, speed up reactions, are usually waste products of cellular metabolism, can be used over and over |
Are usually waste products of cellular metabolism.
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You have the following DNA sequence: AAGCTTCG What is its complimentary sequence of mRNA?
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UUCGAAGC
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How many types of amino acid molecules are there in all of nature?
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20
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What is the waste product of cellular respiration?
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Carbon dioxide
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The portion of DNA molecule that contains the information for making a particular protein is?
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Gene
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