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Nazia Ahmed
Anatomy Weeks 6-12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Just as individual bones are the organs of the skeletal system, individual muscles are the organs of the muscular system. | True |
| Movement is one of the most distinctive and easily observed “characteristics of life.” | True |
| In the human nervous system: | there are almost equal numbers of glia cells and neurons |
| One of the components of the blood-brain barrier is: | astrocytes |
| Visceral effectors are innervated by sympathetic fibers. | True |
| The brain has _____ major divisions. | Six |
| The hypophyseal portal veins are primarily located in the | infundibulum |
| Hormone that inhibits osteoclast activity in children | calcitonin |
| In _____, blood moves from veins to other veins or arteries to other arteries without passing through an intervening capillary network. | vascular anastomoses |
| A type of blood cell produced by lymph nodes is called a(n) | monocyte |
| The fauces, one of the seven openings found in the pharynx, opens into the: | Oropharynx and Nasopharynx |