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Physiology Week 1-5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The roles played by proteins can be divided into which categories? | Structural and functional |
| Which lipid acts as a “tissue hormone”? | Prostaglandin |
| The type of lipoprotein associated with “bad” cholesterol and the production of atherosclerotic changes in blood vessels is: | LDL |
| Sometimes referred to as animal starch, _____ is the main polysaccharide in the body. | glycogen |
| Fingernail growth is the result of the mitosis of the cells in the stratum: | germinativum. |
| Smooth muscles that produce goose pimples when they contract are the _____ muscles. | arrector pili |
| In which skin layer does the process of keratinization begin? | Stratum granulosum |
| The hair follicle is found in the: | dermis |
| Which is not part of a hair? | LANUGO |
| Which cells of the skin act as a type of antigen-presenting cell in the skin? | Dendritic cells |
| Adipocytes, found in the yellow bone marrow, stores and releases ____________________________ for energy. | fat and triglycerides |
| The fontenelles of an infant's skull consists of | fibrous membrane |
| n bone growth, the medullary cavity is enlarged because of the activity of: | osteoclasts. |
| Until bone growth in length is complete, a layer of the cartilage, known as the _____, remains between the epiphysis and diaphysis. | epiphyseal plate |
| In the epiphyseal plate, the zone of hypertrophy is in the _____ layer. | THIRD |