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Anatomy SCI 220 1-5
Chapters 1-5
Question | Answer |
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The muscle that allows the thumb to be drawn across the palm to touch the tip of any finger is the: | Opponens Pollicis. |
Muscles that contract at the same time as the prime mover are called: | Synergists |
An atom can be described as chemically inert if its outermost electron shell contains _____ electrons. | 8 |
The elements carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen make up which percentage of the human body? | 96% |
Osmosis can be defined as: | The net movement of water molecules from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration. |
Diffusion can be defined as: | The net movement of molecules from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration. |
The pairing of bases of a strand of DNA is obligatory. If a strand of DNA were composed of the base sequence of ATCG, what would be the obligatory sequence of its opposing base pairs? TAGC, CGAT, GCTA, or ATCG | TAGC (Remember Apple-Tree, Car-Garage) |
The human skeleton system consists of two divisions. They are: | Axial and appendicular. |
Spongy bone is characterized by: | Open spaces partially filled by an assemblage of needle-like structures. |
If you are working on an archeological dig and find the remains of a human pelvis with a subpubic angle of 110 degrees, you can assume that this pelvis belongs to a: | Female. |