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Salina Aparicio
Physiology weeks 1-6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Events that lead to an immune response to an infection or the formation of a blood clot are examples of | positive feedback |
| Many complex processes of the body are coordinated at many levels. These include | intracellular, intrinsic, extrinsic |
| Which level of control operates at the cell level, often using genes and enzymes to regulate cell function? | intracellular regulation |
| The body naturally changes some set points to different values at different times of the day. These daily cyles are called | circadian cycles |
| The lipid that is often referred to as a tissue hormone is | prostaglandin |
| Which of the following is polymer of glucose that is sometimes referred to as animal starch? | Glycogen |
| All proteins have which four elements? | carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen |
| The most important monosaccharide is | glucose |
| What determines how a protein performs? | shape |
| Chaperone proteins assist in the proper folding of other proteins so they can have the correct functional shape. | True |
| Replication of DNA occurs in which phase of interphase? | S phase |
| 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. |
| Glycolysis occurs in what part of the cell? | cytoplasm |
| Which of the following is not a characteristic of meiosis? | two haploid gametes |
| If oxygen is available, the pyruvate molecules formed by glycolysis are prepared to enter the next phase of aerobic cellular respiration, called the | citric acid cycle |
| Which of the following is an active transport process? | endocytosis |
| what are arrector pili ? | Smooth muscles that produce goose pimples when they contract |
| Which skin layer is called the barrier area? | Stratum corneum |
| The external portion of the bone is known as | Cortical bone |
| Bones grow due to activity in the | Epiphyseal plates |
| Select the answer that best describes the axial skeletal structure | Provides framework for muscles that anchor and stabilize the appendicular bones |
| The joint present during the growth years between the epiphyses of a long bone and its diaphysis is the | synchrondrosis. |
| What is not among the structures that characterize synovial joints? | tendons |
| Anaerobic respiration results in the formation of an incompletely catabolized molecule called | Lactate |
| According to the sliding filament theory | actin moves past myosin. |
| The contractile unit of a muscle cell is the | sarcomere |
| What occurs when the foot is tilted upward, thus decreasing the angle between the top of the foot and the front of the leg. | Dorsiflexion |
| Some synovial joints contain a closed pillow-like structure called a(n) | bursa |
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