Science Flashcards
Which of the following is correctly matched?
Colon / absorption of water and vitamins
Which of the following moves the bolus down the esophagus to the stomach?
Peristalsis
Which of the following is NOT associated with the large intestine?
Enzyme secretion for digestion
The purpose of the pancreatic juice INCLUDES ALL BUT which of the following?
Emulsifies fats
Which of the following organs has both endocrine and digestive functions?
Pancreas
Protein digestion begins in the ______ and ends in the _________.
Stomach / small intestine
The female gametes are called ___ and contain a ____ set of chromosomes.
Ova / half
Meiosis is to gametes as fertilization is to ____
Zygote
Which of the following is NOT PART of the male reproductive system
Bladder
Which of the following describes the dermis of the skin?
The layer of the skin where many accessory structures originate.
The integumentary system protects the body by ____
Providing a large surface area through which metabolic wastes are excreted.
Match the accessory with its function.
Ceruminous glands / earwax production
Match the gland with the secretion that it produces.
Eccrine glands / the primary perspiration involved in evaporative cooling
Which of the following is true about thermoregulation?
Perspiration allows for evaporative cooling.
The epidermis ____
Is a major component of the innate immune system.
Which of the following statements is true?
Hair is produced from epithelial tissue that dips down into the dermis to form hair follicles.
What does DNA —> RNA —> Protein mean?
The sequence of bases in a gene is used to make an mRNA copy, which is read by a ribosome to make a chain of amino acids that folds into a protein.
Chromosomes are replicated_____
in a phase of the cell cycle.
Which of the following statements is true?
Up to two electrons can be held in one orbital.
Which of the following statements is true?
Periods in the periodic table correspond to the shell number of valence shells.
Select the option that has the state of matter correctly matched with its description.
Solid: constant volume and constant shape.
Sublimation is _____
The transition of a substance from solid to gas without passing through the liquid state.
Select the option that has the state of matter correctly matched with its description.
Liquid: constant volume but not a constant shape.
Deposition is _____
The transition of a substance from gas to solid without passing through the liquid state.
