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Anterior

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Front

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Posterior

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Back

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Proximal

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Closest to

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Distal

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Furthest from

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Superior

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Toward head

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Inferior

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Toward the feet

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Sagittal plane (lateral)

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Sides of body (right and left side )

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Transverse plane

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Split in half supper and lower parts

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Lateral

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Away from the midline of body

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Medial

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Toward midline of body

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Intermediate

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Something is between two structures

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12
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Serous membranes only secrete serous fluid true or false

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True

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Membrane that lines body cavities open to the exterior

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Mucous membranes

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Have parietal and visceral layers

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Serous membranes

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15
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Where would you find a synovial membrane

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Joint

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What change in aging skin accounts for wrinkles and cold intolerance in older adults

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Loss of subcutaneous fat

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What cell type is most abundant in the epidermis

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Keratinocytes

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18
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Which layer of epidermis produces new epidermal cells?

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Stratum basale

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19
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Dandruff is from excess shedding of what skin layer?

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Stratum corneum

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20
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Which structures are responsible for fingerprints?

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Dermal papillae

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21
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What pigments contribute to skin color

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Hemoglobin, carotene, melanin

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What is the source of vernix caseosa that covers the skin of the newborn baby

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Sebaceous glands

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Which of the following glands secretions contain proteins and fatty acid.

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Apocrine

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24
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Not associated with the production of perspiration

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Arrector pili

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25
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What is not a component of sweat?

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Sebum

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26
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Structure not associated with a hair?

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Lunule

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Growth region of nail

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Matrix

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Structure not associated with the nail?

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Nail follicle

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29
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Rule for recognizing the signs of melanoma

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ABCDE

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30
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Not a function of the muscular system

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Blood cell formation

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31
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Not a criterion generally used in naming muscles

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Method of attachment of the muscle to bone

32
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Striated involuntary muscle tissue is classified as

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Cardiac

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Point of muscle attachment to an immovable or less moveable bone is the

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Origin

34
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Which movement is involved drawing a circle with a body part

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Circumduction

35
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What Neurotransmitter stimulates a skeletal muscle to contract?

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Acetylcholine

36
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Gap between the axon terminal and the target cell membrane

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Synaptic cleft

37
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What is the electrical current that travels down the muscle cell

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Action potential

38
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One neuron and all the skeletal muscles it stimulates is known as a

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Motor unit

39
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Skeletal muscle twitch differs from a titanic contraction in that

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Twitch is brief and jerky while tetanic is continuous

40
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Which of the following is an example of an isometric contraction

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Pushing against an immovable wall

41
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Isotonic exercise in which muscles increase in size and strength

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Lifting weights

42
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The condition of skeletal muscle fatigue can be best explained by?

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Inability of the muscle to contract even if stimulated

43
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The condition of skeletal muscle fatigue can be best explained by?

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Inability of the muscle to contract even if stimulated

44
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An inherited disease that causes muscles to degenerate and atrophy is known as

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Muscular dystrophy

45
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Which muscles are both inspiratory and expiratory

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Rib cage muscles

46
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Which muscles are the most important synergist to the diaphragm

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External intercostals

47
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During quiet breathing what’s active and what’s not active

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Scalenes sternocleidomastoids

48
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Which muscles are antagonists

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Scaliness and internal intercostals

49
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Which does not compress abdomen during forced exhalation

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External intercostals

50
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Main function of abdominal wall muscle group

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Forced expiration

51
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Which muscles have intercalated discs

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Cardiac

52
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Where are most long bones found in the body?

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Limbs

53
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What bone class do the ribs and skull bones fall into?

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Flat

54
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What type of bones are carpal?

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Short

55
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Shaft of along bone

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Diaphysis

56
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Name for end of a long bone?

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Epiphysis

57
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Function of yellow bone marrow

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Storage site for fat

58
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What bone markings form a joint?

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Condyle

59
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Functional/structural unit of the compact bone

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Osteon

60
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Importance of canaliculi

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Transportation system

61
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Passage ways connecting neighboring osteocytes in an osteon are

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Canaliculi

62
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Bones don’t begin as bones what do they begin as?

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Either membranes or cartilage

63
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What would you expect to be prominent in osteoclasts

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Lysosomes

64
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What’s important in maintaining properly high blood calcium levels

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Parathyroid hormone

65
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Part of the axial skeleton

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Vertebral column, skull, bony thorax

66
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Which skull bone forms the keystone of the face?

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Maxilla

67
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Bone pain in the external acoustic meatus involves the?

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Temporal bone

68
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Bone that does not articulate with the sphenoid is what?

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Mandible

69
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Which bones are connected by the sagittal suture

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Parietal to parietal

70
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Which is a region of the vertebral column?

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Cervical, thoracic, lumbar

71
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What group of bones forms the thoracic cage

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Ribs, sternum, vertebrae

72
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What bone forms the skeleton of the arm?

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Humerus

73
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Which bones of the upper limb have a styloid process

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Radius and ulna

74
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Which bones are part of the hip bone

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Pubis, ilium ischium

75
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Characteristic of the female bony pelvis

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Wider inlet

76
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What articulates with the femur

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Pubis

77
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What two bones form the skeleton of the leg

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Tibia and fibula

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