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PLTW: HBS EOC EXAM BRAND
NEW OFFICIAL QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS.
What is circumduction? - correct answer -movement at synovial
(freely moveable) joints in which distal end moves in circle and
proximal end remains in one place
What is rotation? - correct answer -moving bone around its own
axis
What is extension? - correct answer -unbending movement
around limb joint that increases angle
What is flexion? - correct answer -bending movement around joint
in limb that decreases angle
What are cardiac muscles? - correct answer -striated muscle that
forms the wall of the heart
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What are skeletal muscles? - correct answer -striated muscle
attached to bone to give body shape
What are smooth muscles? - correct answer -not striated muscle
that line hollow organs and blood vessels
What is the epimysium? - correct answer -the outermost layer of
connective tissue
What is the perimysium? - correct answer -goes around the
muscle
What is the endomysium? - correct answer -surrounds each
individual muscle fiber
What is pulmonary circulation? - correct answer -right side of
heart collects deoxygenated blood, passed into right ventricle to
be pushed into lungs to pick up O2
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What is systemic circulation? - correct answer -blood from lungs
comes back to left side of heart, moved into left ventricle and into
aorta to go into the body
What are arteries? - correct answer -large vessels to move blood
to the body
What are capillaries? - correct answer -thin-walled blood vessels
to allow for small exchanges of material
What are veins? - correct answer -large vessels to move blood to
the heart
What are varicose veins? - correct answer -big, twisty veins near
the skin's surface that are caused by weakened valves
What is cardiac output? - correct answer -the amount of blood the
heart pumps per minute
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What is stroke volume? - correct answer -how much blood is
pushed out by the left ventricle with each contraction
What is blood pressure? - correct answer -a measure of how fast
the molecules in blood are hitting walls of arteries
What is the function of skin? - correct answer -PROTECTION -
first defense against pathogens
SENSATION - alerts body of danger through pain
TEMP. REG. - insulates, allows us to retain or lose heat
What tissue is the skin made of? - correct answer -Epithelial
tissue
What is the epidermis? - correct answer -the top layer of skin
PLTW: HBS EOC EXAM BRAND
NEW OFFICIAL QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS.
What is circumduction? - correct answer -movement at synovial
(freely moveable) joints in which distal end moves in circle and
proximal end remains in one place
What is rotation? - correct answer -moving bone around its own
axis
What is extension? - correct answer -unbending movement
around limb joint that increases angle
What is flexion? - correct answer -bending movement around joint
in limb that decreases angle
What are cardiac muscles? - correct answer -striated muscle that
forms the wall of the heart
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What are skeletal muscles? - correct answer -striated muscle
attached to bone to give body shape
What are smooth muscles? - correct answer -not striated muscle
that line hollow organs and blood vessels
What is the epimysium? - correct answer -the outermost layer of
connective tissue
What is the perimysium? - correct answer -goes around the
muscle
What is the endomysium? - correct answer -surrounds each
individual muscle fiber
What is pulmonary circulation? - correct answer -right side of
heart collects deoxygenated blood, passed into right ventricle to
be pushed into lungs to pick up O2
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What is systemic circulation? - correct answer -blood from lungs
comes back to left side of heart, moved into left ventricle and into
aorta to go into the body
What are arteries? - correct answer -large vessels to move blood
to the body
What are capillaries? - correct answer -thin-walled blood vessels
to allow for small exchanges of material
What are veins? - correct answer -large vessels to move blood to
the heart
What are varicose veins? - correct answer -big, twisty veins near
the skin's surface that are caused by weakened valves
What is cardiac output? - correct answer -the amount of blood the
heart pumps per minute
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What is stroke volume? - correct answer -how much blood is
pushed out by the left ventricle with each contraction
What is blood pressure? - correct answer -a measure of how fast
the molecules in blood are hitting walls of arteries
What is the function of skin? - correct answer -PROTECTION -
first defense against pathogens
SENSATION - alerts body of danger through pain
TEMP. REG. - insulates, allows us to retain or lose heat
What tissue is the skin made of? - correct answer -Epithelial
tissue
What is the epidermis? - correct answer -the top layer of skin
