An organ system is - Answer a group of organs with a common set of functions
An organelle is - Answer a small structure within a cell
A cell is - Answer the basic structural unit of living organisms
What technique creates a three-dimensional dynamic image of blood vessels? - Answer
digital subtraction angiography
The delivery of a radioactive compound to the body to study the metabolism of tissues
is called - Answer PET
A tissue is a - Answer group of cells with similar structure and function
What branch of physiology would study the effects of sunbathing on the skin? - Answer
organ physiology
Microscopic examination of a frozen tissue specimen is an application of which of the
following disciplines? - Answer histology
There are more microbial cells than human cells in your body and the health of this
microbiota clearly influences human well-being. How many microbes are there?. -
Answer For every cell in your body, there are ten microbial cells
The study of the body's organization by areas is - Answer regional anatomy
Medial means - Answer toward the middle or midline of the body
This is a sagittal section through the abdominopelvic cavity. What structures does "E"
represent? - Answer retroperitoneal organs
Which of the following systems carries necessary compounds like oxygen and nutrients
throughout the body? - Answer cardiovascular
The thumb is ___ to the fifth digit (little finger). - Answer lateral
In reference to the body tempaerature in living organisms, the set point can be defined
as the - Answer ideal normal value
The sural region is the - Answer calf
The visceral pleura is - Answer the serous membrane that covers the lungs
,The cervical region is the - Answer neck
Imagine the following scenario:
Blood pressure decreases below normal levels.→ Blood flow to the heart decreases →
Heart is unable to pump as much blood.→ Blood pressure decreases even more.
This is an example of _____ feedback. - Answer positive
The popliteal region is the - Answer hollow behind the knee
Cations and anions that dissociate in water are sometimes called - Answer electrolytes,
because they can conduct an electrical current
An atom has an atomic number of 19 and a mass number of 39. This atom will have -
Answer 20 neutrons
A neutral atom contains - Answer the same number of electrons and protons
Subatomic particles located around the nucleus of an atom are - Answer electrons
Which of the following is not a use of X-ray imaging? - Answer brain tumor progression
In an x-ray film of the skeletal system, the dense tissue areas appear ______ because
they ______ the x-rays; and the less dense tissues appear ______ because they
______ the x-rays. - Answer light, absorb; dark, do not absorb
Sodium chloride is considered a(n) - Answer compound
Which of the following factors will influence the rate of chemical reactions? - Answer All
of these factors will influence the rate of chemical reactions
The four most abundant elements in the human body are - Answer carbon, hydrogen,
oxygen, and nitrogen
The three forms of matter are: - Answer solids, liquids, and gases
Eicosanoids - Answer play a role in the response of tissues to injuries
The sodium chloride molecule breaks apart in water. What does "A" represent? -
Answer salt crystal
Which of the following statements is false? - Answer Water evaporation heats the body
All of the following terms relate to lipids. Which does not belong with the other four? -
Answer triglyceride
, Which of the following is a component of a nucleotide? - Answer adenine--a nitrogen
base
A solution that contains one osmole of solute in one kilogram (kg) of water is called a -
Answer 1 osmolal solution
Which of the following is the correct complementary strand to CATGTC? - Answer
GTACAG
Which of the following organic groups does DNA belong to? - Answer nucleic acid
Which of the following molecules is NOT made from cholesterol? - Answer
prostaglandins
The pH value - Answer is determined by the concentration of hydrogen ions
In order to study in detail the anatomy of internal cell parts, it would be best to use -
Answer a transmission electron microscope (TEM)
What structure does "A" represent on the diagram of the plasma membrane? - Answer
phospholipid bilayer
What structure does "D" represent on the diagram of the plasma membrane? - Answer
integral protein
Which of the following activities is a function of the plasma membrane? - Answer
recognition of bacterial cells by the immune system
What structure does "B" represent on the diagram of the plasma membrane? - Answer
membrane channel protein
What structure does "E" represent on the diagram of the plasma membrane? - Answer
internal membrane surface
If 0.9% NaCl (saline) solution is isotonic to a cell, then a 0.5% saline solution - Answer
is hypotonic to the cell
What type of membrane proteins have an exposed site on the outer cell surface that
can attach to a ligand? - Answer receptor proteins
A cell's ability to replenish ATP is reduced by a metabolic poison. Which organelle is
being affected? - Answer mitochondrion