Bio Set 2

Front 1

The adult human of average age and seize has approximately how many quarts of blood:

Back 1

6

Front 2

Once the erythrocytes enter the blood in humans, it is estimated that they have an average lifetime of:

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120 days

Front 3

surplus red blood cells, needed to meet an emergency, are MAINLY stored in what organ

Back 3

spleen

Front 4

When a human donor gives a pint of blood, it usually requires how many weeks for the body RESERVE of red corpuscles to be replaced?

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7 weeks

Front 5

3 substances found in human blood which carry oxgen and which begin with H

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Hemoglobin
Hemocyanin
Hemerythrin

Front 6

The several types of white blood cells are sometime collectively referred to as:

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leukocytes

Front 7

The condition in which there is a DECREASE in the number of white blood cells in humans is:

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leukopenia

Front 8

the smallest of the FORMED elements of the blood are the

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platelets

Front 9

Platelets:

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are roughly disk-shaped
have the ability ot synthesize proteins
are between 1/2 and 1/3 the diameter of the red cell

Front 10

When a wound occurs in humans, the platelets in the blood activate a substance which starts the clotting process?

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thrombin

Front 11

when looking at the cross section of the human tibia, one finds the red marrow in the

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medullary cavity

Front 12

Lenghening of long bones in humans occurs in a particular area of the bone. This area is called the

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epiphysis (eh-pif-eh-sis)

Front 13

part of the human brain which is an important relay station for the sensory impulses and also is the origin of many of the involuntary acts of the eye such as the narrowing of the pupil in bight light is the

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midbrain

Front 14

In the human brain, bidt temperature, metabolism, heart rate, sexual development, sleep and the body's use of fat and water are influenced by this region of the brain

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hypothalamus

Front 15

In which cerebral lobes is the speech center located

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frontal

Front 16

in most axons, the myelin sheath is interrupted at intervals of about 1mm or more. These interrtupions are called the

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Nodes of Ranvier

Front 17

Mosses and liverworts comprise this subdivision of plants

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bryophytes

Front 18

This disease, caused by infection with the gram-negative Yersinia pestis, is trasmitted by fleas from rats to humans

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Bubonic Plague or Black Death

Front 19

This element:
is required to insure the integrity and permeability of cell membranes
to regulate nerve and muscle excitability
to help maintian normal muscular contraction
to assure cardiac rhythmicity
plays an essential role in serveral of the enzymatic steps involved in blood coagulation
the most important elelment of bone salt

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calcium

Front 20

cariology

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study of tooth decay

Front 21

the larval form of butterflies and moths is more commonly known as

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caterpillar

Front 22

Name the sac-like pouch of the large intestine, situated below the level of the juncion of the small intestine into the side of the large intestine. At the lower portion of this pouch one finds the appendix

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cecum or caecum

Front 23

name the clear watery liquid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord and fills the four cavities or ventricles of the brain

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cerebrospinal fluid

Front 24

the order of insects which includes beetles is known as

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coleoptera

Front 25

in most species of paramecium there are how many contractile vacuoles

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2

Front 26

The major fibrous proteins are

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myosin and actin

Front 27

Name the outer portion of a stem or root, bounded externally by the epidermis, and internally by the cells of the pericycle

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cortex

Front 28

costal cartilage

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attach the ribs to the sternum

Front 29

the resting potential of a neuron is dependent on what two ions

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sodium and potassium ions

Front 30

melatonin is produced by the

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pineal gland

Front 31

a protein
secreted by the pancreas
involved i nteh metabolism of glucose

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insulin

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TSH

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Thyroid gland

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ACTH

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anterior pituitary

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LH

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ovary or testis

Front 35

the sturcutre that is directly attached to teh ovary

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suspensory ligaments

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Fertilization of the ovum by the sperm usually occurs in the

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oviduct