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SCI 220 Set 2
Weeks 6-12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Skeletal muscles constitute approximately ____ of our body weight | 50% |
| The prime mover can also be called the: | agonist |
| The sternocleidomastoid muscle is an example of a muscle named for its: | point of attachments |
| Groups of skeletal muscle fibers are bound together by a connective tissue envelope called the: | perimysium |
| The part of the nervous system that transmits impulses from the CNS to the skeletal muscle is the: | somatic nervous system |
| The largest and most numerous types of neuroglia are the: | astrocytes |
| Along a neuron, the correct pathway for impulse conduction is: | dendrite, cell body, axon |
| The spinal nerves are connected to the spinal cord and consist of _____ pairs. | 31 |
| The brain has _____ major divisions. | six |
| Pancreatic cell type that produces insulin. | beat cells |
| Largest purely endocrine gland in the body. | thyroid gland |
| _____ is used to determine the volume percentage of red blood cells in whole blood. | Hematocrit |
| A graphic record of the heart’s electrical activity is a(n) | ECG |
| The four structures that compose the conduction system of the heart are the | SA node, AV node, AV bundle, and Purkinje fibers |
| The functions of the lymph nodes are | defense and hematopoiesis. |
| The primary organ of the lymphatic system is the | thymus |
| Adaptive immunity, part of the body’s third line of defense, is orchestrated by two different classes of a type of white blood cell called the | lymphocyte |
| Because T cells attack pathogens more directly, T-cell immune mechanisms are classified as _____ immunity. | cell-mediated |
| The presentation of an antigen by an antigen-presenting cell activates the T cell. | effector T cells and memory cells |