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PLTW HBS Final Exam Review
1. Location on the body where routine blood is drawn from the body?
ANS Veins inthe arm
2. A basin-shaped structure in the skeleton of many vertebrate that is formedby the pelvic
girdle together with the sacrum and often various coccygeal and caudal vertebrae and
that in humans is composed of the 2 hip bones bounding it on each side and in front
while the sacrum and coccyx completeit behind?
ANS Pelvis
3. Longest bone of the upper arm or forelimb extending from the shoulder tothe elbow
ANS Humerus
4. Differences in DNA sequences on homologous chromosomes that can result in
different patterns of restriction fragment lengths (DNA segments resulting from
treatment with restrictioned enzymes)?
ANS Restriction FragmentLengths Polymorphisms (RFLP's)
5. Situated at or toward the hind part of the body
ANS Dorsal
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6. A group of subcortical structures (as the hypothalamus, the hippocampus, and the
amygdala) of the brain that are concerned especially with emotion and motivation?
ANS Limbic System
7. Either of the pair of sensory nerves that compromise the 2nd pair of cranialnerves, arise
from the ventral part of the diencephalon, form an optic chiasmabefore passing to the eye
and spreading over the anterior surface of the retina, and conduct visual stimuli to the
brain?
ANS Optic Nerve
8. A defect of the optical system (as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail tomeet in a
focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image?
ANS Astigmatism
9. A restriction enzyme is...
ANS A protein that recognizes a specific, short nucleotidesequence & cuts DNA only at that
specific site (target sequence)
10. DNA is and will move through the gel toward the end of
the electrophoresis chamber
ANS The molecule that encodes the genetic instructionsused in the development and functioning
of all known living organisms and many viruses
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Positive
11. How many floating ribs does the body have in total?
ANS 4 floating ribs
12. The 4 main groups of tissues are?
ANS ConnectiveEpithelial
Muscular
Nervous
13. The horizontal plane that divides the body into a top half and bottomhalf?
ANS Transverse Plane
14. Biometrics is?
ANS Science & technology of measuring & statistically analyzingbiological data
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