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Brooke Nelson
Study Stack 1
Question | Answer |
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The layer closest to the diaphysis is a thin ___ composed of dead or dying cartilage cells undergoing rapid calcification. As the process of calcification progresses, this layer becomes fragile and disintegrates | ossification zone |
Column curves at birth from the head to the sacrum with the convexity posteriorly; after the child stands, the convexity persists only in the | Primary curvatures, Thoracic curvature, Sacral curvature |
Uppermost of the tarsal bones; articulates with the tibia and fibula; boxed in the medial and lateral malleoli | Talus |
the pigment that serves as an extremely effective screen to potentially harmful UV light | melanin |
Functionally, rapid communication is possible because ____ tissue has much more developed excitability and conductivity characteristics than any other type of tissue does. | nervous |
Proteins in the bone ECM include various types of structural protein fibers such as | collagen and elastin |
The mitosis phase where chromosomes are aligned along a plane at the “equator” of the cell about midway between the centriole pairs at opposite poles of the cell | metaphase |
Probably the most important fact to remember about the nucleus is that it contains | DNA molecules |
is a very important molecule composed of an adenine and ribose sugar (a combination called adenosine) to which are attached a string of three phosphate groups | ATP |
The example of temperature regulation by action of a thermostatically regulated furnace is a classic example of | negative feedback |