Exam 1 Flashcards
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Which of the following is correct?
Organs are made of tissues and tissues are made of cells.
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Which of the following is NOT a function of the skeletal system?
Helps regulate body temperature.
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Physiology….
Is the study of functions and anatomical structures.
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All of the following are organs with an endocrine function EXCEPT….
Epidermis
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Which organ system is responsible for defending your body against infection and disease?
Lymphatic
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The pancreas has a function with these two organ systems:
Digestive and endocrine
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The prostate gland is part of this organ system:
Male reproductive
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______homeostatic regulatory mechanisms are “built-in” to the organs being regulated.
Intrinsic
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______and______are often regulators of effectors in most extrinsic feedback mechanisms.
Hormones, neurotransmitters
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Homeostasis is….
The maintenance of a relatively constant internal environment.
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All of the following are examples of regulated variables that are maintained within homeostatic limits except one. Which one is not a regulated variable?
Hair length
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The expected value of a regulated variable, such as a core body temperature of 37°C, is known as this:
Set point
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A control center send instructions to a/an…..
Effector
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When the air in your environment gets cold, Merkel cells in your skin sense the temperature change and send a message to your hypothalamus….which in turn send commands to your skeletal muscles causing them to rapidly contract and us generate heat as well as to the blood vessels in your arms and legs causing them to vasoconstrict in order to avoid losing precious heat to the environment. In this scenario, the Merkel cells are…
Receptors
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Assuming it is part of a homeostatic negative feedback system, a decrease in mean arterial pressure will be detected by
A sensor
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All of the following organ systems are involved in the homeostasis of body temperature EXCEPT:
Digestive system
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When you cut yourself and bleed, cell fragments called platelets begin to stick to the tear in the blood vessel wall. As they stick to it, they release a chemical that causes more platelets to stick to the pile of already sticky platelets. As more platelets pile on to the platelets on the wound site, more of the chemical is released to cause even more platelets to become sticky. This scenario describes:
A positive feedback system
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Negative feedback is NOT involved in the regulation of ….
Blood clotting
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The primary role of a positive feedback loop is to ….
Temporarily suspend homeostasis while parts of your body recycle themselves.
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Your pancreas is constantly secreting sodium bicarbonate in response to pH levels where the stomach empties into the small intestine.Even though the pH of chyme coming in from the stomach is about 2.0, the sodium bicarbonate helps keep the pH in this region close to neutral (7.0). What kind of feedback mechanism is this?
Negative
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Failure of the body to maintain homeostatic conditions results in…
Disease or death
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Which of the following contributes to the mass of an atom?
Protons and neutrons only
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The number of protons an element has is also equal to…
The atomic number for that element
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The box to the right has information regarding the element zinc. What does the number 30 in the box tell you?
The number of protons the element has
zinc 30 Zn 65.39
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Given the information in the box in the previous question can you determine the exact neutron number for zinc?
No
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The first electron energy level can hold ______electrons before it fills.
2
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The ______electrons are the outermost electrons of an atom.
Valence
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The number of valence electrons an atom has determines…
All of the above
(Which column it is placed under on the table of elements, how many covalent bonds it can form, and whether it is considered any electron donor or acceptor)
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Isotopes have the same _____number, but a different_____ number.
Atomic, mass
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In one atom of the isotope 117I, what does the number 117 represent?
The mass number
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When an atom loses one or more electrons, it…
Becomes positively charged
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How many electrons does nitrogen ion have?
10
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An atom with 5 protons, 5 neutrons, and 6 electrons would have a mass number of….
10
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An atom with five protons, five neutrons, and six electrons would have a net charge of…
-1
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In our bodies, potassium (K) often occurs as an ion (K+). Why?
Potassium has one valence electron and it easily donates it, leaving itself with a positive charge.
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When oxygen ionizes, what is its charge?
-2
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Which of the following correctly represents the calcium ion?
Ca2+
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Which of these is a cation?
Mg2+