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sci220
week 1-5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the muscle that allows the thumb to be drawn across the palm to touch the tip of any finger is the: | opponens pollicis |
| muscles that contract at the same time as the prime mover are called: | synergists |
| an atom can be described as chemically inert if its outermost electron shell contains ___ electrons | 8 |
| the elements carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen make up which percentage of the human body? | 96% |
| osmosis can be defined as: | the net movement of water molecules from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration |
| diffusion can be defined as: | the net movement of molecules from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration |
| the pairing of bases of a strand of DNA is obligatory. if a strand of DNA were composed of the base sequence of ATCG, what would be the obligatory sequence of its opposing base pairs? TAGC, CGAT, GCTA, or ATCG | TAGC |
| the human skeleton system consists of two divisions. they are: | axial and appendicular |
| spongy bone is characterized by: | open spaces partially filled by an assemblage of needle-like structures |
| if you are working on an archeological dig and find the remains of a human pelvis with a subpubic angle of 110 degrees, you can assume that this pelvis belongs to a: | female |