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Amy Cisneros
physiology 1-7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Events that lead to an immune response to an infection or the formation of a blood clot are examples of | positive feedback. |
| If the secretion of oxytocin during childbirth operated as a negative-feedback control loop, what effect would it have on uterine contractions? | Oxytocin would inhibit uterine contractions. |
| A very large molecule composed of subunits of sugar, a nitrogen base, and a phosphate bond is a | nucleic acid. |
| Water pressure that develops in a solution as a result of osmosis into that solution is called _____ pressure. | osmotic |
| A saline solution that contains a higher concentration of salt than a red blood cell would be: | hypertonic. |
| Which skin layer has cells that look prickly because of the desmosomes that join the cells together? | Stratum spinosum |
| Which function of the skeletal system would be especially important if you were in a car accident? | protection of internal organs |
| As the activity of osteoblasts increases, the: | amount of calcium in bone increases. & level of calcium in the blood decreases. |
| Synarthrotic joints are | immovable. |
| Synovial joints are | immovable |