FINAL EXAM IVY TECH QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
abduction - correct answer- Movement away
from the midline of the body
actin - correct answer- a protein that forms
(together with myosin) the contractile filaments of muscle
cells, and is also involved in motion in other types of
cells-- THIN
adduction - correct answer- Movement toward
the midline of the body
Adipose Tissue - correct answer- cushion,
insulate, store fat
adipocytes
,anabolism - correct answer- anabolism-
provides the materials needed for cellular growth and
repair
dehydration synthesis
Anabolism - correct answer- Metabolic
pathways that construct molecules, requiring energy.
anaphase - correct answer- chromosomes
separate and move to centrioles (opposite ends0
antagonists - correct answer- resist prime
movers action and cause movement in the opposite
direction of prime mover
apocrine gland - correct answer- less numerous
and found in the armpit, groin, and around the nipples.
Their secretions are thicker, whitish in color, and contain
high amounts of proteins. They secrete their product into
associated hair follicles. Bacteria feed on this secretion,
which produces body odor
,aponeurosis - correct answer- a sheet of pearly-
white fibrous tissue that takes the place of a tendon in
sheetlike muscles having a wide area of attachment
ascending tracts - correct answer- Carry sensory
info to the brain (with three neurons), from receptor to
the somatosensory cortex
atom - correct answer- smallest particle of
atom, basic unit of matter
ATP - correct answer- (adenosine triphosphate)
main energy source that cells use for most of their work
autonomic - correct answer- responsible for
control of the bodily functions not consciously directed,
such as breathing, the heartbeat, and digestive processes
base - correct answer- combines in water
, basic function of frontal lobe - correct answer-
higher intellectual processes, concentration, planning,
complex problem solving, judging consequences of
behavior, movement of voluntary skeletal muscle
basic function of occipital lobe - correct answer-
vision, combine visual images with other sensory
experiences
basic function of parietal love - correct answer-
provide sensations of temperature, touch, pressure, pain,
understanding speech and using words to express
thoughts and feelings
basic function of temporal lobe - correct answer-
hearing, interpret sensory experiences, remeber visual
scenes, music, and other complex sensory patterns
basic functions of cerebrum - correct answer-
interpreting impulses, intiating voluntary movement,
storing information as memory, retrieving stored