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Weeks 1-6 Set 1
Physiology
The disorder in which bones are porous and thin but composition is normal? | Osteoporosis |
Name four important functions of epithelial tissue | Protection, absorption, secretion, and reception to stimuli |
What are the stages of mitosis | Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase |
True or false. All living organisms carry out certain vital functional activities necessary for life, including maintenance of boundaries, movement, responsiveness, digestion, metabolism, excretion, reproduction, and growth. | true |
What is the negative-feedback mechanism in the human body? | is a reaction that causes a decrease in function. It occurs in response to a stimulus, This is so it can stabilize a system, also known as homeostasis. |
True or False. Proteins compose 10%-30% of cell mass and is the basic structural material of the body. | True |
What is it called when hemoglobin is poorly oxygenated in both the blood and skin of light-skinned people who appear blue? | cyanosis |
What is the ABCD rule for recognizing melanoma? | A: asymmetry, B: border irregularity, C: color, and D: diameter |
A smooth sustained contraction resulting from a very rapid stimulation of the muscle, in which no evidence of relaxation is seen, is called: A) twitch, B) wave summation, C) multiple motor unit summation, or D) tetanus? | D) tetanus |
The function of T tubules in muscle contraction is: A) to make or store glycogen, B) to release Ca+ into the cell interior and then pick it up again, C) to transmit the action potential deep within the muscle cell, or D) to form proteins? | C) to transmit the action potential deep into the muscle cells. |