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| What is the study of how the body functions? |
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| The dorsal body cavity contains the_______________. |
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| The simplest form of carbohydrate is ________________. |
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| All enzymes are _______________. |
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| Describe the small body in the nucleus that assembles ribosomes . |
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| Name the phase of mitosis when the chromosomes pull apart. |
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| The support cells of the nervous system are ________________. |
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| Name the tissue enclosing the heart. |
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| The incidence of a disease refers to its ____________________. |
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| Syphilis and Lyme disease are caused by _____________________. |
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| The hypodermis is also called the _____________________. |
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| Light touch is sensed by the ____________________. |
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| Descibe a haversian canal. |
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| Where is spongy bone found? |
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| The ion that binds the troponin/tropomyosin complex is _____________________. |
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| A muscle that moves the head is the _______________________. |
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| Fibers that conduct impulses away from the cell body are called _____________________. |
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| Before the start of the action potential, the neuron membrane is __________________. |
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| The “little brain” located beneath the posterior part of the cerebral hemispheres is the _______________. |
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| A deep groove in the brain is called a ___________________. |
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| The blind spot is also called the ________________. |
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| Rhodopsin is the pigment found in the ______________________. |
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| Cortisol is produced by the ______________________. |
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| The best treatment for anaphylaxis is ______________________. |
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| The most abundant protein in plasma is ______________________. |
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| Blood is considered to be _______________________. |
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| The outermost layer of the heart wall is called the ________________. |
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| Threads that attach the valve flaps to the ventricle walls are called __________________. |
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| A vessel that supplies blood to the intestine? |
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| The brachiocephalic vein is formed by the union of the ____________________. |
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| subclavian and jugular veins |
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| The veins that receive lymph from the two terminal lymphatic vessels are the ___________________. |
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| Kupffer cells are phagocytes located in the ________________________. |
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| A substance that causes blood vessels to dilate is ____________________. |
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| T cells are activated by binding proteins on the macrophages called ______________. |
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| MHC receptors and antigen fragments |
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| The most superior portion of the pharynx is the ______________________. |
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| The amount of air that can be expelled from the lungs by maximum exhalation following maximum inhalation is the ______________________. |
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| The hardest substance found in a tooth is ___________________. |
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| The lesser omentum is between the ___________________. |
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| An essential amino acid is ____________________. |
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| must be ingested in the diet |
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| A mineral found in hemoglobin is _______________________. |
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| The most important osmoreceptors are located in the ________________. |
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| Respiratory acidosis could result from ____________________. |
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| chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| The juxtaglomerular apparatus consists of cells in the _______________________. |
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| distal convoluted tubule and afferent arteriole |
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| Micturition is an action of the ______________________. |
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| The coiled tube on the testis that stores spermatozoa is the ________________________. |
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| The head of the spermatozoon contains large amounts of ___________________________. |
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| The normal chromosome number of the zygote is ________________________. |
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| The enlargement of the uterus during pregnancy is directly stimulated by ___________________. |
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| An individual that is heterozygous for a completely dominant trait _______________________. |
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| will show the dominant phenotype |
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| A chemical that causes a chromosome to break is called a(n) _________________________. |
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| The system that transports blood to and from the cells is the _____________________. |
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| The breakdown of complex glycogen molecules into simple glucose molecules is most accurately described as a(n) ______________________. |
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| The positively charged particles in the atom nucleus are called ____________________. |
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| A substance that dissolves in another substance is a(n) _____________________. |
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| The plasma membrane is best described as _________________________. |
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| An organelle that produces energy for the cell is called a(n) ______________________. |
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| The removal of living tissue for microscopic examination is called ____________________. |
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| Inflammation of the serous membrane within the abdominal cavity results in a condition called ______________. |
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| A disease that is neither severe nor very long lasting is described as ____________________. |
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| A mycotic disease is caused by ________________________. |
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| A decubitus ulcer is a(n) _______________. |
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| The hard keratin that makes up fingernails is synthesized by cells in the _________. |
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| A short channel through a bone is called a ___________________. |
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| Bone growth in children occurs in the __________________. |
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| A single neuron and all the muscle fibers it stimulates comprise a(n) ___________________. |
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| The hamstring muscles act to ___________________. |
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| A collection of neuron cell bodies outside the central nervous system is called a ________________. |
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| The parasympathetic ganglia are called ___________________. |
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| Cerebrospinal fluid flows from the lateral ventricles to the third ventricle via the _________________. |
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| Multi-infarct dementia results from __________________. |
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| a series of small cerebrovascular accidents |
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| Which area of the tongue is particularly sensitive to sweet tastes? |
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| Night blindness is due to a deficiency in vitamin ____________________. |
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| An example of a mineralocorticoid is ______________________. |
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| The large gland located on either side of the larynx is the _____________________. |
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| Platelets are derived from large bone marrow cells called _________________. |
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| A band cell is an immature ________________________. |
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| The valve preventing blood from re-entering the left ventricle is the _____________________. |
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| The normal pacemaker of the heart is the _____________________. |
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| A clot that breaks loose and floats in the blood is called a(n) ___________________. |
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| Blood pressure readings are reported as __________________________. |
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| systolic pressure/diastolic pressure |
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| Macrophages are phagocytes that develop from __________________________. |
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| Inflammation of the lymph nodes is called __________________________. |
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| Name the classic symptom(s) of inflammation. |
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| Rejection syndrome can occur as a result of __________________. |
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| The C in COPD stands for _____________________. |
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| The term pneumothorax refers to accumulation of air in the _____________________. |
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| The pyloric sphincter regulates the flow of food into the _____________________. |
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| Bilirubin is a byproduct of the destruction of ________________________. |
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| The end products of cellular respiration are _________________________. |
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| Most body heat is lost through the ________________________. |
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| The most abundant anion in plasma membranes is _______________________. |
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| The activity of the thirst center will be increased if ________________________. |
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| blood osmolarity is increased |
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| Materials are driven out of the glomerulus into the glomerular capsule because of ____________________. |
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| Inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney results in _________________________. |
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| Progesterone levels are highest during _________________________. |
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| An acrosome would be found in a ___________________________. |
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| Labor can be artificially initiated by the administration of _______________________. |
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| The umbilical cord contains __________________________. |
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| two arteries and one vein |
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| List conditions that exist if a person is a carrier for a particular disease. |
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| the disease must be recessive, and the person's genotype must be heterozygous |
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| A disorder resulting from a change in chromosome number is ______________________. |
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