Exam 2 Flashcards
Soft spot in aiding in delivery of an infant
Fontanelle
Women have more of this than men to have enough calories to sustain a pregnancy and breastfeeding
Fat
Which “rule” states that limbs/appendages of people from cold climates will have less surface area relative to mass
Allen’s Rule
During the first 2.5 years of life a child’s brain size:
triples
The tallest population in the world
Dutch
Vitamin D deficiency can result in this condition
Rickets
The year in kids that the first permanent molar erupts
Six
A response to heat that allows blood to stay close to the skin surface to cool off
Vasodilation
Genes found in Jamaicans but also in many other ancestral groups
ATCN3
Consumed frequently in Japan, may negatively influence Americans today with ancestry in Africa
Salt
There are 206 of these in most adults
Bones
The name of the defect in the teeth that can be associated with the transition from foraging to agriculture that indicates the stress
Hypoplasia
The law that states that there is a direct relationship between physical activity and bone density
Wolff’s Law
UV can cause skin cancer if we don’t have enough melanin but it may also deplete us of what?
Folate
Did the initial change from foraging to agriculturalism result in an increase or decrease in height?
Decrease
Micro evolutionary force which could result in genes founding a population or genes leaving a population
Drift
One response to cold that helps raise our core temperature
Shivering
The end of a growing bone that eventually fuses to the shaft
Epiphysis
The cells that help produce bone when we cycle, weight light, and run to grab coffee at the cafeteria
Osteoblasts
The deadliest city in the most crime-ridden state of the United States
Miami
Human brain growth is completed by what age?
Six
Monkey’s have an easier time giving birth than humans do:
because monkey’s can assist with their own birth
During periods of activity such as walking to class or a fun run, which cells are responsible for bone production
Osteoblasts
In the article “Tall and Short of It”, studies on height reveal that:
improving the diet and health of Mayan refugees led them to having taller children
What has contributed to the running success of Kenyans?
cattle raiding
As described in “Tall and Short of It”, plasticity refers to the ability of an organism to -
change in response to the environment
Humans have traits which are concordant- for example, if they are tall, they also tend to have dark skin
False
In a cool, overcast environment which of the following individuals would be more likely to get rickets?
Dark-skinned
What is this caused from (rickets)?
Insufficient amounts of Vitamin D
What does an albino person lack?
Melanin
How would these kids acclimatize to their environment? (cold environment)
Vasoconstrict
