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Teresa G
Weeks 6-12
Question | Answer |
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The hard palate consists of portions of: | four bones: two maxillae and two palatine |
Phagocytic cells lining liver sinusoids are called__cells. | Kupffer |
If you were to trace the movement of air through the nose into the pharynx, it would pass through the following structures in which order? | anterior nares, vestibule, meatus, and posterior nares |
A right shift of the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve due to increased partial pressure of carbon dioxide is also known as | the Bohr effect |
_____ law states that the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure. | Boyle's |
The symbol HbNCOOH– is used for: | carbaminohemoglobin |
The movement of phagocytes from blood vessels to an inflammation site is called | diapedesis |
The _____ postulates that when an antigen enters the body, it selects the clone whose cells are committed to synthesizing its specific antibody and stimulates these cells to proliferate and to thereby produce more antibodies | clonal selection theory |
The primary organ of the lymphatic system is the | thymus |
Which protein interferes with the ability of viruses to cause disease? | interferon |
The four structures that compose the conduction system of the heart are the | SA node, AV node, AV bundle, and Purkinje fibers |
Which layer of the larger blood vessels is made up of endothelium? | tunica intima |
A glycoprotein hormone that is secreted to increase oxygen concentration in the tissues is | erythropoietin |
In the extrinsic pathway of stage 1 of the clotting mechanism, chemicals released from damaged tissues trigger the cascade of events that ultimately result in the formation of | prothrombin activator |
Hormone that inhibits osteoclast activity in children | calcitonin |
One of the few hormones that functions on a positive-feedback loop is: | oxytocin |
The receptors responsible for sensing crude and persistent touch are the: | Ruffini corpuscles |