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Karen Montufar
physiology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The relatively constant state maintained by the body is known as | homeostasis |
| The normal reading or range is called the | set point |
| Any large molecule made up of many identical small molecules is called a | polymer |
| Proteins are polymers of | amino acids |
| The result of meiosis is | four daughter cells that are haploid |
| Replication of DNA occurs in which phase of interphase? | S phase |
| Which skin layer has cells that look prickly because of the desmosomes that join the cells together? | Stratum spinosum |
| Which skin layer contains closely packed, clear cells that contain a gel-like substance called eleidin? | Stratum lucidum |
| Bones grow due to activity in the | Epiphyseal plates |
| The fontenelles of an infant's skull consists of | fibrous membrane |
| Three phases of the twitch contraction are the | latent period, contraction phase, and relaxation phase |
| The contractile unit of a muscle cell is the | sarcomere |