Semester Exam

Question 1

anterior

Answer 1

near the front

Question 2

deep

Answer 2

extending down from the surface

Question 3

directional terms

Answer 3

words used to describe the location of a structure in relation to another

Question 4

distal

Answer 4

situated away from the point of attatchment

Question 5

dorsal

Answer 5

situated on or like the front

Question 6

identity

Answer 6

distinguishing character/personality of an individuality

Question 7

inferior

Answer 7

lower in position

Question 8

lateral

Answer 8

toward or from the side

Question 9

medial

Answer 9

situated in the middle

Question 10

posterior

Answer 10

near the back side

Question 11

proximal

Answer 11

situated toward the point of attachment

Question 12

regional terms

Answer 12

words used to describe specific regions or locations on the body

Question 13

superficial

Answer 13

near or on the surface

Question 14

superior

Answer 14

higher in position

Question 15

system

Answer 15

a group of organs

Question 16

ventral

Answer 16

situated on or toward the lower

Question 17

appendicular skeleton

Answer 17

upper/lower limbs, shoulder girdle, and pelvic girdle

Question 18

axial skeleton

Answer 18

skull, vertebral column, ribs, sternum

Question 19

tissue

Answer 19

a group of similar cells that are designed to carry out a specific function

Question 20

agarose

Answer 20

supports gel electrophoresis by being the gel

Question 21

biometrics

Answer 21

the measurement and analysis of unique physical or behavioral characterists

Question 22

in what ways do the body parts of a human body system work together to carry out a specific function

Answer 22

using the cardiovascular system as an example, the heart is the main organ that is composed of atria, ventricles, arteries, veins, arterioles, venules, capillaries that help transport blood

Question 23

in what ways do different human body systems work together to complete specific functions

Answer 23

using the cardiovascular and the respiratory as an example, to have the exchange of deoxygenated and oxygenated blood the respiratory and cardiovascular work together through the respiratory oxygenated the blood through the hemoglobin and the cardiovascular using the capillaries to exchanged the two

Question 24

what features of structure and function are common to all humans

Answer 24

humans have two legs, four types of tissues, four chambered heart, 23 pairs of chromosomes

Question 25

what are the main types of tissue in the body

Answer 25

connective, epithelial, nervous, muscular

Question 26

connective tissue

Answer 26

(adipose(fat), blood, bones, cartilage) fills in spaces

Question 27

nervous tissue

Answer 27

(neurons, neuroglia) long axons to allow signals to travel & "branches" for connection

Question 28

epithelial tissue

Answer 28

lines organs and are layers

Question 29

muscle tissue

Answer 29

(makes up all the muscles(heart as well)) long and narrow so they can contract

Question 30

how does the distribution and structure of different types of tissues in the body contribute to personal identity

Answer 30

connective tissue can show a skinny or fat person, muscle can show someone that is muscular or not, nervous depends on how someone thinks

Question 31

what are the functions of the human skeletal system

Answer 31

axial system- protect soft organs such as the brain, heart, or lungs appendicular- provides attachment points for muscles that allow movement

Question 32

what is forensic anthropology and how does this field relate to human body systems

Answer 32

forensic anthropology is the study of human bones to determine information about the deceased and decide cause of death and whether a crime was commited

Question 33

how can features of bone be used to determine information about a person's gender, age, ethnicity, or stature

Answer 33

gender- skull or pelvis(males, square eye sockets, ushaped mandible, brow and ridges sharp, heart shaped pelvis, angled in coccyx)(females, round eye sockets, vshaped mandible, smoother bones, rounded pelvis, wider pubic arch) age- pelvis(bone fusion) ethnicity-skull height- humerus and femur

Question 34

DNA

Answer 34

d- deoxyribose is the sugar na-nucleic acid is the building blocks double stranded helical molecule that makes up the chromosomes in cells' nucleus