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Jessica Crisp week 7
week 1-6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Positive-feedback control systems: | accelerate a change. |
| Negative-feedback control systems: | oppose a change. |
| Homeostasis can best be described as: | a state of relative constancy. |
| The body’s thermostat is located in the: | hypothalamus. |
| Intrinsic control: | is sometimes called auto-regulation. |
| Prostaglandins and steroids share which of the following characteristics | Both have a ring structure in their molecule. |
| The formation of sucrose involves the removal of a molecule of water. This is called: | dehydration synthesis. |
| The type of lipoprotein associated with “bad” cholesterol and the production of atherosclerotic changes in blood vessels is: | LDL |
| The element that is present in all proteins but not in carbohydrates is: | nitrogen. |
| The type of movement that occurs when the head is dropped to the shoulder, then to the chest, to the other shoulder, and toward the back is: | circumduction |
| Which structure functions to temporarily store calcium ions? | Sarcoplasmic reticulum |
| The contractile unit of a muscle cell is the | sarcomere |
| Three phases of the twitch contraction are the | latent period, contraction phase, and relaxation phase |