Bio 137 S25 Final

When you spin while sitting in a swivel chair with your eyes closed, you can sense this movement using your _________.

A growing long bone in a child has only two areas of cartilage at the epiphysis. These two areas are the _________.

DNA replication is called semiconservative because _________.

Cross bridges form between binding sites on actin myofilaments and _________.

A receptor protein will not bind to just any chemical, but only to certain ones. This property is ________.

A mixed nerve consists of both _________ and _________.

_________ differ from one another in their number of neutrons and atomic mass.

A chemical reaction that removes electrons from an atom is called a(n) _________ reaction.

The least movable joints are _________ joints.

The thoracic cavity is divided into right, left, and medial portions by a region called the _________.

Which of the following is true regarding the sarcoplasmic reticulum?

Which of the following is not found in the axial region of the body?

Metabolism is the sum of all _________ change.

Sodium has an atomic number of 11 and an atomic mass of 23. Sodium has _________.

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is most permeable to which of the following?

Which of the following is not a property of reflexes?

When a skeletal muscle lengthens, its _________ helps resist excessive stretching and subsequent injury to the muscle.

The acetabulum articulates with the _________.

A vertebra is considered a long bone.

Collagenous fibers are very abundant in _________.

The frontal plane passes vertically through the body or an organ and divides it into equal right and left portions.

In a neuron, the opening of sodium gates typically leads to _________.

Which of the following is not a function of the skeleton?

What causes hyperpolarization of a neuronal membrane?

The _________ wraps around and is directly adhered to the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine.

The cerebellum is _________ to the cerebrum.

The thin layer of spongy bone that separates an adult's epiphysis from the diaphysis is called the _________.

From superficial to deep, the meninges occur in which order?

Which structure acts as a transducer in the spiral organ?

Pain, heat, and cold are detected by _________.

A ganglion is a swelling along a nerve containing the cell bodies of peripheral neurons.

Which layer of the epidermis consists of up to 30 layers of dead cells?

The most abundant molecules in the plasma membrane are _________.

Histology is the study of structures that can be observed without a magnifying lens.

The right shoulder is _________ and _________ to the umbilical region.

Motor commands are carried by _________ from the brain along the spinal cord.

DNA is a polymer of _________, which consists of a sugar, a phosphate group, and a _________.

Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) help give the ground substance some of its qualities, including _________blank.

Which of the following marks the boundaries of a sarcomere?

The base where a hair follicle originates in the skin is known as the _________.

An articulation is any point at which two bones meet.

What type of brain wave is dominant when a person is awake and resting with closed eyes?

Which of the skin layers below is the most superficial?

The _________ system breaks down food and absorbs nutrients.

The _________ division tends to prepare the body for action.

The covering of body surfaces and the lining of body cavities is composed of _________ tissue.

The signals that control your handwriting travel down the spinal cord in the _________ tracts.

An _________ is composed of two or more tissues types, whereas _________ are microscopic structures in a cell.

All the bones below belong to the axial skeleton, except the _________, which belongs to the appendicular skeleton.

The manubrium is part of what bone?

Astronauts in zero gravity are able to move food through their digestive tracts because _________.

Which of the following cells stand guard against toxins, microbes, and other pathogens?

Which of the following bones is adjacent to both the coronal and lambdoid sutures?

Conduction of a nerve impulse would be the fastest in which of the following?

The tarsal region is _________ to the popliteal region.

In its second-messenger role, cAMP activates enzymes called _________, whose job is to add phosphate groups to enzymes.

One example of a multiaxial joint is the _________ joint.

Which cranial nerve innervates most of the viscera in the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities?

The thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity are each lined with _________.

Which of the following statements is not a tenet of modern cell theory?

Which organelle is most active in causing programmed cell death?

Coronal, sagittal, and lambdoid are examples of _________.

Which of the following contains information that scientists consider true to the best of their knowledge?

Before any fusions occur, from superior to inferior, how many individual vertebrae are there of each type?

Which cells are responsible for photopic (day) vision as well as trichromatic (color) vision?

Ethnic differences in skin color are primarily caused by differences in _________.

When you view objects close to the eye, the eye makes an adjustment called _________.

Which of these is hydrophobic?

What is the complementary DNA base sequence to the DNA strand TGCCAT?

As you are lifting a box, someone places extra weight on top of it. What must happen to continue contraction?

Which of the following is not directly involved in translation?

DNA polymerase is most active during which phase of the cell cycle?

Oligodendrocytes serve the same purpose in the CNS that satellite cells do in the PNS.

The heart occupies a space called the pericardial cavity between the parietal and visceral pericardium.

The four primary tissue types found in adult organs include all of the following except _________ tissue.

When _________ become enclosed in lacunae, they become cells called _________.

Which of these has the highest H+ concentration?

Which of the following is not an anatomical component of a synovial joint?

What are the three common components of a feedback loop?

The most superior segment of the upper limb is called the _________.