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Tiffinee Sanders
Anatomy Flashcards: Week 6-12
| This arrangement of muscle fascicles tends to be triangular in shape. The Pectoralis major is an example of a muscle with this type of muscle fascicle arrangement. | convergent |
| The term ___________ is used to describe a muscle that directly performs a specific movement. | agonist |
| Which is true of a reflex arc? | It always consists of an afferent neuron and an efferent neuron. |
| The white matter of the nervous system is made up of: | myelinated fibers. |
| Dendrites and cell bodies of sympathetic preganglionic neurons are located in the: | gray matter of the thoracic and upper lumbar segments of the spinal cord. |
| The peripheral nervous system includes: | only cranial nerves, spinal nerves, and their branches. |
| Transparent structure of the eye containing regularly aligned collagen fibers. | cornea |
| Endolymph is made | in the stria vascularis. |
| Erythrocytes begin their maturation sequence in red bone marrow from nucleated cells known as: | hematopoietic stem cells. |
| The type of membranous tissue that lines the heart and blood vessels is the | endothelium. |
| About half of the lymph flowing through the thoracic duct comes from the: | liver and small intestine |
| The cisterna chyli; | originates in the thoracic duct. |
| The fauces, one of the seven openings found in the pharynx, opens into the: | oropharynx. |
| The eustachian tube connects the middle ear with the: | nasopharynx. |
| The approximate length of the trachea, or windpipe, is _____ cm. | 11 |