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Sara Lehmier
Anatomy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Organization of many similar cells that are specialized to perform a certain function is called | tissue |
| An ionic bond is formed by | a positive ion and negative ion attracting to each other |
| An example of a catabolic process is | hydrolyses |
| The nucleus is composed of | rRNA |
| Two major categeories of body membranes are | epithelial and connectective |
| The strongest and most durable type of cartilage | fibrocartilage |
| What body tissue heals slowly and lacks blood supply | cartilage |
| The extracellular components of bone matrix are | hard and calcified |
| Spongy bone is characterized by | open spaces partially filled by assemblege of needle like structures |
| From smallest to largest , explain level of organization in the body | chemical, organelle,cellular tissue, organ,system, organism |
| Atomic mass is determined by | protons and neutrons |
| The octet rule refers to | stability of atoms when there are eight electrons in the outmosters energy level |
| What does positive feedback system do? | accelcerate a change |
| What does negative feedback systems do? | maintain homeostasis : regulars blood sugar and temperature |
| The bodys thermostat is located in what part of the brain? | hypothalmus |
| When two molecules of glucose are joined, they form which disaccharide | maltose |
| Element that is in all proteins but not in carbs | nitrogen |
| 23 chromosones per cell in humans os referred to | haploid |
| materials moved from low concentration to high concentration though | active transport |
| Diffusion requires | a concentration gradient |
| a sequence of three base forms an | condon |
| What cell forms blood brain barrier in the blood? | astrocyte |
| During inspiration, the expansion of the lungs causes | a decrease in aveolar pressure |
| What constitues total lung volume? | tital volume,inspiratory reserve volume, and expiratory reserve volume |
| the function of lymph nodes are | defense and hematopoiesis |
| two important functions of lymphatic system | fluid balance and immunity |
| adaptive immunity is caused by which blood white blood cell? | lymphocytes |
| blood type refers to | antigen |
| why are platelets important? | blood clotting |
| cardiac output is determined by | stroke volume and heart rate |
| nonsterioidal hormones are | oxytocin,calcitonin and glucagon |
| major hormone produced by corpus lutem | progestrone |