A&p

Front 1

What can be found in cartilage but not bone tissue:

Back 1

Chondroitin

Front 2

The most common type of exocrine gland is this type:

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Merocrine

Front 3

The matrix of connective tissue is composed of:

Back 3

fibers and ground substance

Front 4

Small hair-like structures on the surface of some epithelial cells are termed:

Back 4

Cilia

Front 5

Is an example of a drug that blocks the opening of Na+ channels, thus blocking the initiation of neuronal action potentials:

Back 5

Novacaine

Front 6

____ is a common inhibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS.

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GABA

Front 7

Movement of Cl- into a neuronal cell would make a neuron ____ likely to fire an action potential.

Back 7

Less

Front 8

The small extensions off of the neuronal cell bodies that receive stimuli are:

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Dendrites

Front 9

Influx of Na+ causes ______________ of the membrane, which is the first phase of the action potential.

Back 9

depolarization

Front 10

The sum of all chemical reactions in the body is termed:

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Metabolism

Front 11

The elbow is ________ to the wrist.

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proximal

Front 12

The heart is ______ to the lungs.

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medial

Front 13

A CNS disease where the myelin sheath of motor neurons is degenerating or being destroyed, which interferes with neuronal impulses. This is a progressive disease that causes widespread motor deficits.

Back 13

MS

Front 14

The dark granular substance inside neuronal cell bodies are called _____ _________. It is composed of dense collections of ribosomes where protein synthesis occurs.

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nissl substance

Front 15

Photoreceptors release more neurotransmitters:

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In darkness

Front 16

The major light absorbing pigment in retinal photoreceptors is:

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rhodopsin

Front 17

Sympathetic stimulation of the iris causes:

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pupillary dilation

Front 18

"Night blindness" is an early sign of:

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Vitamin A deficiency

Front 19

What are the two major cavities of the body:

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Dorsal and ventral

Front 20

what part of the lower extremity is considered the leg also known as the crural:

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From the knee to the ankle

Front 21

What is a type of skin cancer that sometimes develops from a mole and is the most serious kind:

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Malignanat melanoma

Front 22

What is the shaft of a long bone called:

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Diaphysis

Front 23

How many bones are in the spinal column:

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26

Front 24

What is the tough fibrous sheath that covers the nerve (the outermost layer):

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Epineurium

Front 25

If a person hasn't had the chicken pox they are less likely to get:

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-Herpes zoster

-Shinges

Front 26

Where does the semilunar valve of the heart open:

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Left ventricle & artery

Front 27

What is the process that moves air into and out of the lungs:

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Pulmonary ventilation

Front 28

What is the term of normal breathing:

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Eupnea

Front 29

What is it called when the kidneys no longer produce urine

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Anuria

Front 30

What is inflammation of the bladder called:

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Cystitis

Front 31

What is it called when opening of the urethra meatus is located on the underside of the penile shaft:

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Hypospadias

Front 32

Neuroglia are support cells in the:

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CNS

Front 33

Are the largest of the white blood cells, function as macrophages, and are important in fighting chronic infection:

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Monocytes

Front 34

The pineal gland is found on the third ventricle, ___________ of diencephalon) of the brain:

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Epithalamus

Front 35

Transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide via the bloodstream:

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Respiratory gas transport

Front 36

The pulmonary semilunar valve separates:

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Right ventricle and left pulmonary artery

Front 37

The pons include ______ that are involved in the control of breathing.

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nuclei

Front 38

-Bladder

-Ureters

-Proximal urethra

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Transitional epithelium

Front 39

Stratified squamous epithelium is found in:

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-Skin

-Esophagus

-Vagina

Front 40

Cells are found in response to allergies and parasitic worms:

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Eosinophils

Front 41

Moving air in and out of the lungs:

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Pulmonary ventilation

Front 42

-Trachea

-Bronchi

-Fallopian tubes

-Male reproductive tract

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Pseudostratified ciliated columnar

Front 43

-Capillary endothelium

-Aveoli

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Simple squamous epithelium

Front 44

The ____________ is:

-Under the thalamus

-Important autonomic nervous system center

-Regulates metabolism

-Controls water balance

-Helps regulate body temperature

-An important part of the limbic system (emotions)

-The pituitary gland is attached

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Hypothalamus

Front 45

The ___________:

-Includes the choroid plexus

-Houses the pineal body

-Forms the roof of the third ventricle

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Epithalamus

Front 46

A network of blood vessels in each ventricle of the brain. It is derived from the pia mater and produces the cerebrospinal fluid:

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Choroid plexus

Front 47

Simple cuboidal epithelium is found in:

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Most glands

Front 48

How many cranial nerves does a human have:

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12

Front 49

The most abundant white blood cell:

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Neutrophils

Front 50

Largest of the leukocytes, removes dead or damaged tissues, destroy cancer cells, and regulate immunity against foreign substances:

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Monocytes

Front 51

Is the immune system that already functions as soon as we are born, and doesn't need to develop over our lifetime like the adaptive immune system does:

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Innate immune system

Front 52

Are white blood cells that play some very important roles in our innate immune system. They circulate around our body in the bloodstream, and when they sense signals that an infection is present, they are the first cells to migrate to the site of the infection to begin killing the invading microbes:

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Neutrophils

Front 53

Are a type of white blood cell that is made of small granules, which contain proteins, and help the body fight bacterial infections:

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Granulocytes

Front 54

-Neutrophils

-Eosinophils

-Basophils

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Granulocytes

Front 55

A hormone that is important in the regulation of sodium ion concentrations in the extracellular fluid:

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Aldosterone

Front 56

Respiratory acidosis can occur when:

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A person's breathing is shallow due to obstruction

Front 57

Edema may result from:

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Lymphatic blockage

Front 58

A falling blood pH and a rising partial pressure of carbon dioxide due to pneumonia or emphysema indicates:

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Respiratory acidosis

Front 59

Two alleles expressing exactly the same information for a trait are designated as:

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Homozygous

Front 60

Recessive genes are usually expressed in humans only when:

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Both alleles are exactly the same, or homozygous

Front 61

The female infant is born with several hundred oocytes, each one genetically unique. This is due to:

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Independent associate and random crossover

Front 62

Sex chromosomes of a normal male are:

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XY

Front 63

The diploid genome contains chromosomes from:

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Both the mother and the father