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Assignent 2
Physiology Wk 1-6
| Processes for maintaining or restoring homeostasis are known as | homeostatic control mechanisms. |
| Events that lead to an immune response to an infection or the formation of a blood clot are examples of | positive feedback. |
| Any large molecule made up of many identical small molecules is called a(n) | polymer. |
| What determines how a protein performs? | shape |
| Normal mitosis results in | cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell. |
| Red blood cells are placed in an unknown solution. After 45 minutes, the cells are examined and determined to have decreased in size. The unknown solution is | hypertonic. |
| Which skin layer has cells that look prickly because of the desmosomes that join the cells together? | Stratum spinosum |
| Which cells of the skin are filled with a tough, fibrous protein and account for most of the epidermal cells of the skin? | Keratinocytes |
| Select the answer that best describes the axial skeletal structure. | Provides framework for muscles that anchor and stabilize the appendicular bones |
| When an astronaut is in space for 2 months what may happen to their bone density as compared to a person living on earth? | The astronaut will experience bone loss at an increased rate as a person on earth |
| Synovial joints are | freely movable. |
| The energy required for muscular contraction is obtained by hydrolysis of | ATP. |