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Physiology Week 1-7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| homeostasis | relatively constant states maintained by the body |
| Integumentary | Separates internal environment from external environment, providing stability of internal fluid volume |
| Cardiovascular | Maintains internal constancy by transporting nutrients, water, oxygen, hormones, wastes, and other materials and heat within the internal environment |
| Afferent | means that a signal is traveling toward a particular center or point of reference, |
| efferent | that the signal is moving away from a center or other point of reference |
| ATP | is the form of energy that cells generally use. |
| Which of the following is polymer of glucose that is sometimes referred to as animal starch? | Glycogen |
| A saturated fatty acid is one in which | one or more double bonds in its hydrocarbon chain are saturated with hydrogen atoms. |
| If red blood cells containing 10% solute are placed in a solution containing 10% solute, what will happen? | Water will move into and out of the cells at equal rates. |
| Transcription can best be described as the | synthesis of mRNA. |
| Meiotic division occurs in | body cells and primitive sex cells. |
| The gland responsible for the waxy secretion in the external ear canal is: | ceruminous. |
| Which is not part of a hair? | Lanugo |
| The hair papilla consists of _____ tissue. | dermal |
| Which skin layer is called the barrier area? | Stratum Cornuem |
| The ulna articulates proximally with the: | Humerus |
| Normally, bone loss will begin to exceed bone gain between the ages of _____ years. | 35-40 |
| Which of the following is not a characteristic of the diaphysis? | Provides a bulbous shape for attachment of muscle |
| The shoulder joint is an example of a _____ joint. | ball and socket, multi axial, freely movable |
| If a structural classification is used, joints are named according to the type of _____ tissue that joins the bones together. | connective |
| The energy required for muscular contraction is obtained by hydrolysis of | ATP |
| The tiny bulge at the end of a terminal branch of a presynaptic neuron’s axon is called a(n) | synaptic knob. |
| In a myelinated neuron, the impulse can travel under the myelin between nodes of Ranvier. | True |
| Movement of the membrane potential away from zero (below the usual RMP) is called | Hyper-polarization |
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