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Inflammation, production of interferon and ingestion of pathogens by phagocytes are nonspecific cellular response of

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The internal aspect of the innate immune system

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What feature of the adaptive immune system decreases the amount of time it takes for the body to respond to an antigen

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Memory cells

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What occurs in the cardiac cycle if the impulse triggered at the sinaoatrial node never reaches the Pukinje fiber of the heart

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The ventricles will not contract

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What results from the blockage of blood flow to cardiac muscle tissue

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Myocardial infarction

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What describes the link between damaged villi and malnutrition

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Damaged villi decrease the nutrient-absorbing surface area of the gastrointestinal tract

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Which of following organs is responsible for the majority of the chemical digestion and absorption of nutrients in the digestive system

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Small intestine

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what neurons carry efferent impulses

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Motor neurons

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Contraction occurs when the thin ___ filaments slide past the thicker ___ filaments, causing the sarcomere unit to shorten or contract

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Actin, myosin

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Which nerves structures transmits nerve impulses to other cells

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Axon

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The endocrine system is a collection of ductless glands that produce the responses

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A slowly initiating but prolonged response on body systems

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What term refers to the integration center between the endocrine and nervous system

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Hypothalamus

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What gland has an exocrine function and aids in the regulation of blood glucose

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Pancreas

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What term refers to the middle layer of the skin that is made of connective tissue

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Dermis

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What is produced by the skin when a cholesterol based precursor is modified by the presence of ultraviolet radiation

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Vitamin D

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What types of bone cells perform mineral resorption

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Osteoclasts

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Inside of adult long bones, yellow bone marrow is located within what

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Medullary cavity

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What is a progressive autoimmune disease that causes joint inflammation and pain

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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What is the function of ribosomes

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They facilitate protein synthesis

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What types of tissue serves to fasten and support body parts

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Connective

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What causes low lung compliance as a result of elastic lung tissue destruction

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Emphysema

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What leaves the body via the vas deferens

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Gametes

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Where does implantation of a fertilized ovum occur

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Uterus

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What reproductive organ produces sperm in males and ova in females

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Gonads

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What is the process during which glucose and amino acids enter the renal tubule and are transported to the peritubular capilliaries

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Reabsorption

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What parts of the brain controls balance and equilibrium
Cerebellum
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What term describes an action potential jumping from node to node in an axon
Saltatory conduction
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Genetic information describing the characteristics of an organism is found in
Nucleus
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What describes a major metabolic pathway
Respiration is an oxidative, degradative pathway
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What best describes the result of mitosis
New body cells that replace damaged body cells
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A polysaccharide can be described as
A carbohydrate that is made of sugar molecules
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Inheritance can be described as
Transmission of characteristics to offspring
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What is part of the adaptive immune system
b-cells
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What is a white blood cell that has the primary job of ingesting foreign material
Macrophage
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What stimulates the production of antibodies
Vaccine
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What types of defense can be gained through the placenta, breast milk or by receiving a serum containing antibodies
Passive immunity
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What occurs during tubular reabsorption
Useful material moves from filtrate back into the bloodstream
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in the circulatory system the pulmonary artery contains what type of blood
contains oxygen-poor blood
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What structures of the heart contains oxygen-rich blood
Pulmonary veins
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What following components of the blood carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body
Hemoglobin
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What liquids emulsifies lipids during digestion
Bile
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What refers to the involuntary waves of contractions in the digestive system that move food through the gastrointestinal tract
Peristalsis
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What is the term that refers to the part of the nervous system that causes skeletal muscle contractions
Somatic division
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Renal arteries are defined as
Branches of the abdominal aorta that supply the kidneys
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What results from a deficit in the production of thyrotropin-releasing hormone
Thyroid gland doesn’t produce a sufficient amount of its primary hormone
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What is released and stimulates uterine contractions during childbirth
Oxytocin
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What is a mechanism that stimulates glandular secretions to continue to increase, temporarily pushing lebels further out of homeostasis until a particular biological effect is reached
Positive feedback
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What provides a practical means of warming the body via integumental thermoregulation
Cutaneous vasoconstriction
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What is a result of inhibited osteoblast function at the epiphyseal plate
Mineralization will not occur in this location
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If mineral resorption is prevented and calcium is not removed from bone what will happen
pathology is called hypocalcemia
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What term refers to a self-contained part of an organism that performs specific function
Organ
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What term refers to the small passages of the respiratory system that terminate in air sacs
Bronchioles
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What scenario would result in a human zygote containing 47 chromosomes instead of the typical 46 chromosomes
The chromosomes do not separate properly during meiosis
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What scenario would result in a human zygote containing 47 chromosomes instead of the typical 46 chromosomes
The chromosomes do not separate properly during meiosis
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What structures transports female gametes
Fallopian tube
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What processes occurs within the cell nucleus
Transcription producing mRNA
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What describes the function of acetylcholine in a neuromuscular junction
Binds to receptor proteins on the sarcolemma which results in the opening of sodium channels
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What is the function of myelin in the nervous system
Insulate axons
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What is considered the fundamental contraction unit of striated muscle
Sarcomere
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What hormones inhibits osteoblast and stimulates increase blood calcium levels
Parathyroid hormone
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According to the sliding filament theory, which ion binds with troponin on the actin myofilaments causing the myosin binding sites to be exposed
Calcium
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What types of cells can differentiate to become several other types of cells
Stem cells
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Viral DNA that has been inserted into the host DNA would be found in what
nucleus
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what is a unique feature of mitosis
production of identical daughter cells
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what macromolecule groups contain enzymes
proteins
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correctly list examples of body’s structures organized from the simplest to complex
mitochondria, muscle cell connective tissue, heart
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muscle cells contain many _____ because of their high metabolism of ATP
mitochondria
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the failure of what organ could interfere in gas exchange in the body
lung

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