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In which of the following locations would the urinary bladder and internal reproductive organs be found? 1. Thoracic cavity N Mediastinum w Abdominal cavity ca Pelvic cavity - Correct Answers 4. Pelvic cavity Which tissue serves as the framework of the body by providing support and structure for the organs? Pp Epithelial 2. Connective 3. Nervous 4. Muscle - Correct Answers 2. Connective What are the glands of skin that produce a thin, watery secretion? 1. Sebaceous glands 2. Eccrine glands 3. Apocrine glands 4. Endocrine glands - Correct Answers 2. Eccrine glands You have been given a sample of tissue that has open spaces partially filled by an assemblage of needle-like structures. What is the tissue? 4. Magnesium - Correct Answers 2. Sodium All actions of the nervous system depend on the transmission of nerve impulses over which of the following? 1. Neuroglia 2. Efferent pathways 3. Afferent pathways 4. Neurons - Correct Answers 4. Neurons Which leukocytes are correctly matched with their function or description? (Select all that apply.) 1. Monocytes—become macrophages 2. Basophils—the most common type of WBC 3. Lymphocytes—important in immune response 4, Neutrophils—phagocytize microorganisms - Correct Answers 1, 3, and 4 Which of the following is the blood vessel where exchanges take place between blood and the cells of the body? Artery Vein 3. Capillary 4. Arteriole - Correct Answers 3. Capillary 3. Nephrons 4. Renal capsules - Correct Answers 3. Nephrons What separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity? 1. Diaphragm 2. Mediastinum Liver 4. Lungs - Correct Answers 1. Diaphragm What is the basic unit of life and the building block of tissues and organs? Atom 2. Organelle Cell 4. DNA - Correct Answers 3. Cell Which of the following are functions of the skeletal system? (Select all that apply.) 1. Support the body 2. Hemopoiesis 3. Conduct impulses efferent 3. central 4. peripheral - Correct Answers 2. efferent What are chemical messengers that control growth, differentiation, and the metabolism of specific target cells called? 1. Hormones 2. Neurons Glands 4. Second messengers - Correct Answers 1. Hormones What is the exchange of gases between the atmosphere and the blood through the alveoli called? 1. External respiration 2. Internal respiration 3. Inhalation 4. Cellular respiration - Correct Answers 1. External respiration Most of the carbon dioxide in the blood does which of the following? 1. It is carried in solution or bound to blood proteins. 2. It is carried on hemoglobin. 1. Production of all cells and production of hormones 2. Production of interstitial cells and production of hormones 3. Production of gametes and production of hormones 4. Production of gametes and production of interstitial cells - Correct Answers 3. Production of gametes and production of hormones Which of the following statements is anatomically correct? 1. the knee is distal to the ankle 2. the heart is inferior to the diaphragm 3. the hip is proximal to the knee 4. the wrist is proximal to the elbow - Correct Answers 3. the hip is proximal to the knee If you wanted to separate the abdominal cavity from the thoracic cavity, which plane would you use? 1. sagittal 2. transverse 3. frontal 4. coronal - Correct Answers 2. transverse you have been given a sample of tissue that has pillar shaped cells arranged tightly together. the tissue you have is: 1. squamous epithelium 2. cuboidal epithelium 3. columnar epithelium 4. transitional epithelium - Correct Answers 3. columnar epithelium the epidermis is classified as an: 1. cell 2. tissue the cells that form compact bone are called: 1. osteoclasts 2. neuroglia 3. osteoblasts 4. cancellous - Correct Answers 3. osteoblasts which of the following is true of skeletal muscle? 1. skeletal muscle comprises 10% of the body's weight 2. skeletal muscle attaches to bones by tendons 3. muscle contraction helps keep the body warm 4. skeletal muscles continuously contract to maintain posture - Correct Answers 2, 3, and 4 what is needed for a muscle cell to contract? - Correct Answers calcium and ATP if an impulse of traveling from a sense receptor toward the spinal cord, it is traveling along what type of neuron? 1. motor (efferent) neuron 2. sensory (afferent) neuron 3. interneuron 4. bipolar neuron - Correct Answers 2. sensory (afferent) neuron what does the parathyroid hormone regulate? 1. magnesium 2. calcium 3. calcitonin 4. glucocorticoids - Correct Answers 2. calcium where are the pressoreceptors and chemoreceptors located? 1. circle of willis 2. cerebral arteries 3. abdominal aorta 2. connective 3. muscle 4. cartilage 5. nervous - Correct Answers 1. epithelial which of the following proteins catalyzes different reactions or processes? 1. keratin 2. hormone 3. enzyme 4. collagen - Correct Answers 3. enzyme how do phospholipids function in cells? 1, they are integral components of the plasma membrane 2. they are integral components of the nuclear membrane 3. they are integral components of the mitochondrial membrane 4. they are integral components of the cytoplasmic skeleton - Correct Answers 1. they are integral components of the plasma membrane which of the following describes carbohydrates? 1. they serve as fuel for the body 2. they are present in DNA but not in RNA 3. they are the least abundant biomolecule 4, they cannot be stored in the body - Correct Answers 1. they serve as fuel for the body which of the biologic molecules are considered the most significant contributors to cellular function? 1. carbohydrates 2. lipids 3. proteins 4.. nucleic acids - Correct Answers 3. proteins nerve tissue is composed of neurons and connective tissue cells that are referred to as which of the following? 
