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The study of anatomy includes all of the following except: tissues, cells, organs, organisms, populations |
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At which level of organization do multiple tissues form larger structures that perform specific functions? |
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Mature bone cells are termed |
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Which of the following may occur within a living bone? Yellow marrow, WBC, RBC, red marrow |
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Layers of bone are referred to as |
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What does the dorsal cavity contain? |
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In addition to osseous tissue, a typical bone contains (smooth muscle tissue, other connective tissue, neural tissue, all of the above) |
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Endochondral ossification begins with |
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The parietal, temporal, frontal, and occipital bones are part of the |
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Which bone is not part of the skull: (sphenoid, palatine, zygomatic, ethmoid, hyoid) |
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A joint that permits free movement in only one direction is |
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A movement away from the longitudinal axis of the body in the frontal plane is |
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The connective tissues that surround skeletal muscles are collectively called |
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The muscular partition that separates the abdominopelvic and thoracic cavities is the |
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The_____muscle covers most of the surface area of the upper back |
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Muscles, glands, and special cells that respond to neural stimuli are called |
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The portion of a neuron that carries information in the form of a nerve impulse is called |
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The H-shaped mass in the center of the spinal cord is mostly |
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Together the midbrain, pons, and the medulla are called the |
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The visual cortex is located in the |
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The heart wall is composed of _ layers |
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Cardiac muscle differs from other muscle tissue |
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Having fibers connected to one another at intercalated disks |
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Sends blood through the aortic semilunar valve to the systemic circulation |
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Blood in the hepatic portal vein carries blood |
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Why do arteries lack the calces that are commonly present in veins? |
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Arterial blood pressure is high enough that no valves are required to prevent the regurgitation of blood in the wrong direction |
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The area of the respiratory passageways that extends from the opening of the nasal cavity to the smallest bronchioles is the |
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The____is shared by the digestive and respiratory systems |
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The function of surfactant is to |
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reduce the surface tension in the fluid coating alveolar surfaces to prevent alveolar collapse |
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The most important skeletal muscles involved in making normal, relaxed, respiratory movements include the |
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Diaphragm and external and internal intercostal muscles |
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The middle lobar bronchus is found |
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Functions of the gallbladder include |
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Is a hollow muscular tube that connects the pharynx to the stomach |
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The first intestinal segment entered by materials that leave the stomach through the pylorous is the |
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The basic functional unit of the liver is |
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The longest portion of the small intestine is the |
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The urinary system includes all but which of the following (Adrenal glands, kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra) |
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At the level between t10 and t11 |
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The first part of the renal tubule is the |
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Proximal convoluted tubule |
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In the follicular phase of the uterine cycle, the ovary is |
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Developing a mature follicle |
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The lining of the uterus is the |
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