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BIOS255 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM-Questions with Answers/ VerifiedMost homeostatic regulatory mechanisms involve which feedback system?
Negative
What is the name of the serous membrane that lines the surface of the stomach?
Visceral Peritoneum
A molecule that has an unequal number of protons and neutrons is known as an
___________.
Isotope
Which type of chemical reaction consists of breaking down large molecules into smaller
ones?
Decomposition
Which of the following macromolecules plays a specific role in producing sex steroids?
Cholesterol
Which organelle specializes in packaging, transporting, and modifying proteins produced by
the rough ER?
Golgi Apparatus
Which are forms of passive transport?
Osmosis and Simple Diffusion
Which molecule makes up the majority of the plasma membrane?
Phospholipids
During which cellular stage is DNA replicated?
S Phase
What does the extracellular matrix consist of?
Ground substance and protein fibers
Which of the following cells of nervous tissue are responsible for generating electrical
impulses?
Neurons
What type of solution would cause water to enter red blood cells, causing the cells to swell
and potentially burst?
Hypotonic solution
, Which of the following layers of the epidermis undergoes mitosis to replace damaged or lost
cells, pushing old cells upward to be shed?
Stratum basale
Most glands are composed of which type of tissue?
Epithelial tissue
Which of the following glands have ducts that open onto a hair follicle and secrete an
odorous, milky sweat?
Apocrine glands
Which of the following bones is not formed by intramembranous ossification?
Femur
Which hormone will stimulate osteoclasts to break down bone to help increase blood
calcium levels?
Parathyroid hormone
Which of the following bones do we sit on?
Ischium
__________ ossification replaces a connective tissue membrane with bone.
Intramembranous
What is the name of the fibrous covering on the internal surface of bone, lining the
medullary cavity?
Endosteum
Which of the following is not a part of the appendicular skeleton?
Maxilla
The joint between teeth and its socket can be structurally classified as what specific type of
fibrous joint?
Gomphosis
What is the functional classification of the shoulder joint?
Diathrosis
Which layer of the epidermis forms calluses in response to abrasion and repetitive friction?
Stratum Corneum
Which of the following bone cells is responsible for secreting the matrix of osseous tissue?
Osteoblasts
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