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Anatomy
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08/01/2013

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The study of anatomy includes all of the following except: tissues, cells, organs, organisms, populations
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Populations
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At which level of organization do multiple tissues form larger structures that perform specific functions?
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Organ
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Mature bone cells are termed
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Osteocytes
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Which of the following may occur within a living bone? Yellow marrow, WBC, RBC, red marrow
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All of the above
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Layers of bone are referred to as
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Lamellae
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What does the dorsal cavity contain?
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Brain
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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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All of the above
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Endochondral ossification begins with
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Hyaline Cartilage
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The parietal, temporal, frontal, and occipital bones are part of the
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Cranium
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Which bone is not part of the skull: (sphenoid, palatine, zygomatic, ethmoid, hyoid)
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Hyoid
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A joint that permits free movement in only one direction is
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Biaxial
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A movement away from the longitudinal axis of the body in the frontal plane is
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Abduction
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The connective tissues that surround skeletal muscles are collectively called
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Deep Fascia
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The muscular partition that separates the abdominopelvic and thoracic cavities is the
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Diaphragm
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The_____muscle covers most of the surface area of the upper back
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Trapezius
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Muscles, glands, and special cells that respond to neural stimuli are called
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Effectors
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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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Axon
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The H-shaped mass in the center of the spinal cord is mostly
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Grey Matter
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Together the midbrain, pons, and the medulla are called the
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Brain
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The visual cortex is located in the
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Occipital Lobe
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The heart wall is composed of _ layers
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3
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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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The left ventricle
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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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high in nutrients
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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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Conducting portion
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The____is shared by the digestive and respiratory systems
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Pharynx
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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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in the right lung only
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Functions of the gallbladder include
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storage of bile
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The esophagus
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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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Duodenum
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The basic functional unit of the liver is
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Liver lobule
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The longest portion of the small intestine is the
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ilium
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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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Adrenal glands
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Kidneys are located
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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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Endometrium
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