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Anatomy Weeks 1-5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the two major cavities that house our bodies organs and where are they located? | The two major cavities are the dorsal and ventral cavities. The dorsal cavity is found posteriorly and the ventral cavity is found anteriorly. |
| The ventral cavity can be subdivided into what cavities? | The ventral cavity is subdivided into the thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavities. The thoracic cavity is further divided into the mediastinum and pleural cavities. The abdominopelvic divided into the abdominal and pelvic cavities. |
| Sucrose, maltose, and lactose are examples of what? | Disaccharides (double sugars) |
| What is the difference between a monosaccharides and a disaccharides? | A monosaccharide is a simple sugar, or a small type of carbohydrate, example glucose. Disaccharides are two or more monosaccharides linked together through dehydration synthesis. |
| Keratin is a type of what? | Keratin is a fibrous protein found in hair. |
| What is a lysosome and what do they do? | Lysosomes are tiny membranous bags found inside cells that are filled with digestive enzymes that break down and ingest cell part. Lysosomes are the digestive system of cells. |
| What is a ribosome? | Ribosomes are tiny nonmembranous cell structure containing ribonucleic acid (RNA) and sites for protein synthesis. |
| What are the four principle types of tissue? | Epithelial, Connective, Muscle and Nervous. |
| What is an example of each type of tissue? | Epithelial- skin Connective- cartilage Muscle- heart Nervous- brain |
| What are the sections of the vertebral bones? | There are 26 vertebrae. The 7 most superior vertebra are the cervical vertebrae. The following 12 are the thoracic vertebrae. Following 5 are the lumbar vertebrae. Inferior to that is the sacrum. The most inferior vertebral bone is the coccyx. |