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1. Question: Hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, calcium, and iron are all examples of what? 2. Question: Which organ system is responsible for enclosing internal body structures and is the site of many sensory receptors? 3. Question: Which organ system is responsible for secreting hormones and regulating bodily processes? 4. Question: What is the metabolic process whereby smaller, simpler molecules are combined in to larger, more complex substances? 5. Question: Which organ system is respon...

W6: Unit Exam 2 1. Question: Which of the following foods is best for bone health? 2. Question: Hematopoiesis is best described as: 3. Question: With respect to their direct effects on osseous tissue, which pair of hormones has actions that oppose each other? 4. Question: Wolff's law, which describes the effect of mechanical forces in bone modeling/remodeling, would predict that . 5. Question: Bone growth in diameter is known as: 6. Question: How many vertebrae are located in the thorac...

1. Question: The loss of lateral peripheral vision is known as . 2. Question: Which location on the body has the largest region of somato sensory cortex representing it, according to the sensory homunculus? 3. Question: Axons in which tract are considered to be both ipsilateral and contralateral? 4. Question: Which region of gray matter in the spinal cord contains motor neurons that innervate skeletal muscles? 5. Question: Which region of the frontal lobe is responsible for initiating moveme...

W12: Unit Exam 4 1. Question: Which tunic of an artery is responsible for maintaining blood pressure? 2. Question: Systolic pressure minus diastolic pressure is another term for: 3. Question: These control the blood flow through a capillary bed. 4. Question: What is the sequence of layers of the blood vessels (veins or arteries) from outside to the inside? 5. Question: During vigorous exercise, one would expect: 6. Question: Venous return is affected by all EXCEPT: 7. Question: The amou...

1. Question: Hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, calcium, and iron are all examples of what? 2. Question: Which organ system is responsible for enclosing internal body structures and is the site of many sensory receptors? 3. Question: Which organ system is responsible for secreting hormones and regulating bodily processes? 4. Question: What is the metabolic process whereby smaller, simpler molecules are combined in to larger, more complex substances? 5. Question: Which organ system is respon...

1. Question: The alpha cells of the pancreatic is lets produce and secrete . 2. Question: Which of the following is an anterior pituitary hormone? 3. Question: The two major organ systems that participate in relatively "long distance" communication in order to control and coordinate actions in the body are the system and the system. 4. Question: Which general type of hormone can easily pass through the cell membrane and into the cytoplasm of the cell? 5. Question: The adrenal gland consis...

W15: Unit Exam 5 1. Question: Any excess energy we take in is stored primarily as . 2. Question: The goal of thermoregulation is to maintain the core temperature of the body steady at around . 3. Question: Which of the following occur(s) very soon after a meal? 4. Question: During the absorptive state, glucose levels are and insulin levels are . 5. Question: Fever increases the body temperature and can induce chills to help cool the temperature back down. What other mechanisms are in pla...

W12: Unit Exam 4 1. Question: Which tunic of an artery is responsible for maintaining blood pressure? 2. Question: Systolic pressure minus diastolic pressure is another term for: 3. Question: These control the blood flow through a capillary bed. 4. Question: What is the sequence of layers of the blood vessels (veins or arteries) from outside to the inside? 5. Question: During vigorous exercise, one would expect: 6. Question: Venous return is affected by all EXCEPT: 7. Question: The amou...

1. Question: The amount of blood pumped by either ventricle in one minute is called. 2. Question: During vigorous exercise, one would expect 3. Question: Venous return is affected by all EXCEPT: 4. Question: These control the blood flow through a capillary 5. Question: The exchange of substances between the blood vessels and the surrounding tissues can only happen in the . 6. Question: What is the sequence of layers of the blood vessels (veins or arteries) from outside to the inside? 7. Q...

W14: Quiz 1. Question: One of the many functions of the kidneys is to regulate renin release from the weak juxta glomerular cells of the afferent arteriole. What then occurs? 2. Question: The principle task of the nephron population is to balance the plasma to homeostatic set points and excrete potential toxins in the urine. 3. Question: Renin is released in response to . 4. Question: Mechanisms by which substances move across membranes for the absorption or secretion include . 5. Questio...