Ch 2: Online 2

Question 1

Lack of oxygen is tissues is called what?

Answer 1

Hypoxia

Question 2

What is another name for tissue fluid?

Answer 2

Interstitial fluid

Question 3

What are the subunits of DNA and RNA?

Answer 3

Nucleotides

Question 4

To render biologically inactive with heat is called?

Answer 4

Denature

Question 5

What makes water molecules cohesive?

Answer 5

Hydrogen bonds

Question 6

What prevents drastic changes in the pH of body fluids?

Answer 6

Buffer system

Question 7

Hemoglobin is to iron as thyroxine is to ___?

Answer 7

Iodine

Question 8

Myoglobin is to iron as vitamin B12 is to ___?

Answer 8

Cobalt

Question 9

What are the self antigens on cell membranes called?

Answer 9

Oligosaccharides

Question 10

In what process are bonds created to make large molecules from small ones?

Answer 10

Synthesis

Question 11

What phospholipid is important for nerve cell insulation?

Answer 11

Myelin

Question 12

In what bond do two atoms share one or more electrons?

Answer 12

Covalent bond

Question 13

The carbohydrates of nucleotides are ….?

Answer 13

Peptose sugars

Question 14

What are the identifying markers on cell membranes?

Answer 14

Antigens

Question 15

Adenine is to thymine as guanine is to ___?

Answer 15

Cytosine

Question 16

An energy storage form in the liver is called?

Answer 16

Glycogen

Question 17

What are protein catalysts called?

Answer 17

Enzymes

Question 18

What is the water of the blood?

Answer 18

Plasma

Question 19

What is deposition of fat in the wall of an artery?

Answer 19

Atherosclerosis

Question 20

Ionization

Answer 20

Dissociation

Question 21

Starch or cellulose

Answer 21

Polysaccharide

Question 22

The energy transfer molecule adenosine ____

Answer 22

Triphosphate

Question 23

What enables RBCs to carry oxygen?

Answer 23

Hemoglobin

Question 24

What is a shape-maintaining bond found in antibodies and insulin?

Answer 24

Disulfide

Question 25

What is it called when the bonds of a large molecule are broken?

Answer 25

Decomposition

Question 26

Why is calcium important?

Answer 26

It provides strength in bones and teeth

Question 27

What trace element is part of the hemoglobin in red blood cells and transports oxygen?

Answer 27

Iron

Question 28

What elements are necessary for muscles to contract?

Answer 28

Sodium and potassium

Question 29

What element is part of vitamin B12?

Answer 29

Cobalt

Question 30

What element is necessary for cell respiration and for hemoglobin synthesis?

Answer 30

Copper

Question 31

Iodine is part of what hormone?

Answer 31

Thyroid hormone

Question 32

What element is part of DNA, RNA, and cell membranes?

Answer 32

Phosphorus