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In negative feedback mechanism, the response to effector….

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Reverses original stimulus

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Which is consistent with homeostasis?

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As body temperature rises, sweating occurs to cool body

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Directional terms referred to as opposites

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Distal & Proximal

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Given that the suffix -itis means inflammation, which of the following terms means inflammation of the membrane lining the body cavity that contains the liver?

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Peritonitis

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Which of the following organs is retroperitoneal in location?

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Urinary bladder

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If one of the functions of capillaries is to supply body cells with oxygen and nutrients, you would expect the capillary walls to consist of?

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Simple squamous epithelium

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Secretion is watery and contains solutes and substantial amount of phospholipid. Secretory process for this gland is?

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Apocrine

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Protein fibers found in connective tissue

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  • collagen
  • elastin
  • reticular fibers
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Which is classified as a Holocrine gland?

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Sebaceous gland

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9
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Lamellae are characteristic of?

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Compact bone tissue

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Responsible for skin’s structural strength

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Dermis

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Nourished by blood vessels located in dermis

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Epidermis

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Layer of epidermis where cells loose their nuclei and other organelles die & fill up with keratin

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Stratum granulosum

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Vitamin is synthesized in skin exposed to UV light

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Vitamin D

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14
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Serves as lubricant for joint cavities

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Hyaluronic acid

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15
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Skin patch that contains chemical absorbed through skin might be what type of chemical substance….

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Lipid-soluble substance

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16
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Feeling colder at elderly age because of….

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Decreased thickness of their subcutaneous adipose tissue layer

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17
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Macrophages are cells specialized for…

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Phagocytosis

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18
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Blood cells are produced in hematopoietic tissue found in…

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Red bone marrow

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19
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Dense irregular elastic connective tissue is found in…

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Dermis of skin

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20
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Refers to programmed cell death

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Apoptosis

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21
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Protein responsible for protective nature of stratum corneum

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Keratin

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22
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Study of tumors associated with problems

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Oncology

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23
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Action potential are received by neurons through…

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Dendrites

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24
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Procedure where small sample of living tissue is removed from the body for diagnostic examination

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Biopsy

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25
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Caused by a recessive genetic trait resulting in an inability to produce the enzyme tryosinase, required to produce melanin

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Albanism

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26
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Epidermis of skin is composed of what tissue?

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Stratified squamous epithelial tissue

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27
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All glands of the body are of what origin?

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Epithelial origin

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28
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Specialized columnar epithelial cells containing organelles responsible for synthesis and secretion

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Goblet cells

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29
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Skin is attached to underlying muscle and bone by…

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Hypodermis

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30
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Tissue imaging technique using radio waves directed at a patient inside a large electromagnetic field is known as..

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Magnetic Resonance imaging

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31
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Bone matrix is composed of..

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Calcium phosphate and hydroxyapatite

32
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Connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone

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Protein shaped like coiled spring contained by elastic…

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Least common but most deadly form of skin cancer

35
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Required for proper absorption of Ca from small intestine

36
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Chemical substances released or activated in affected tissues & adjacent blood vessels following injury/infection

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Mast cells

37
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Modified merocrine sweat glands located in external auditory meatus

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Ceruminous

38
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Bile pigments accumulate in blood and skin turns yellowish

39
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Tissue that lines most of respiratory tract

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Pseudo stratified epithelium

40
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Cell responsible for making new matrix in fibrous connective tissue

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Fibroblasts

41
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Overstretched skin ruptures dermis and leaves visible lines through epidermis known as…

42
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Specialized tissue designed for changing shapes found lining the urinary bladder

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Transitional epithelium

43
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Spaces in the bone matrix that are occupied by osteocytes

44
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Chemicals secreted from apocrine sweat glands that can affect behavior and physiology of individuals of the same species

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Pheromones

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Associated with connective tissue & secrete chemicals such as heparin and histamine playing important role in inflammatory process

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Mast cells

46
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Contact regions between cells containing protein channels that aid intercellular communication allowing ions and molecules to pass between cells

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Gap junction

47
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Imaging technique using high frequency sound waves & is the oldest soft tissue technique

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Ultrasound

48
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Bedsores; due to weight of body over bony prominences causing reduced circulation

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Decubitus ulcers

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Femoral

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Brachial

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Inguinal

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Gluteal

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Sternal

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Breastbone

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Umbilical

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Popliteal

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Hollow behind knee

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Cervical

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Axillary

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Pectoral

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Maintain cartilage matrix

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Chondrocytes

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Axon & dendrites

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Secrete chemicals during injury

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Mast cells

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Create bone matrix

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Osteoblasts

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Melanin

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Melanocytes

64
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Phagocytosis

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Macrophages

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Cartilage

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Chondroblasts

66
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Fibrous connective tissue

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Fibroblasts

67
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Maintain bone matrix

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Osteocytes

68
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Glands posses ducts

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Glands that do not have ducts

70
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Source of all adult connective tissue

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Mesenchyme

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Glands that secrete products through exocytosis

72
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Glands that discharge fragments of gland’s cell as secretion

73
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Glands on which secretion accumulates in cytoplasm of cell, cells rupture and become apart of secretion

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Holocrine gland

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Not inclined to spread/become life threatening

75
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Able to spread and become life threatening

76
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Spreading to new tissue site

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Metastasis

77
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Malignant neoplasm derived from EPITHELIAL tissue

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Malignant neoplasm derived from CONNECTIVE tissue

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