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Physiology

Study Stack #1, weeks 1-6

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Which type of muscle is responsible for peristalsis? Single-unit smooth
Muscle contractions will continue as long as? the calcium ions are attached to the troponin.
Moving a body part away from the medial plane of the body is called? abduction
During childbirth, a baby passes through an imaginary plane called? the pelvic outlet
Normally, bone loss will begin to exceed bone gain between the ages of _____ years? 35 and 40
A condition that is caused by an abnormally increased roundness in the thoracic curvature? kyphosis
Cells form the blood-brain barrier that protects the brain from harmful substances in the blood? Astrocytes
Hematopoietic tissue can be found in? Bones
The area referred to as true skin is? The dermis
Connective tissue forms from stem cell tissue called? mesenchyme
The correct order of the phases of mitosis? prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
Water will move through the cell membrane by? osmosis
The physical process by which water and solute move through a membrane when a hydrostatic pressure gradient exists across the membrane is the process of? filtration
Two solutions of different concentrations of glucose are separated by a membrane that allows both glucose and water to pass through. When dynamic equilibrium is reached, there will be? no movement of water or glucose
Intrinsic control? sometimes called autoregulation
A protein substance with no DNA or RNA and is thought to be the cause of mad cow disease? Prion
If the secretion of oxytocin during childbirth operated as a negative-feedback control loop, what effect would it have on uterine contractions? Oxytocin would inhibit uterine contractions
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