Midterm Review

Question 1

The compartment within the thoracic cavity that contains the heart.

Accepted Answer

Mediastinum

Question 2

What type of intercellular matrix does bone have?

Accepted Answer

Hard

Question 3

The plane that divides the body into right and left halves.

Accepted Answer

Sagittal

Question 4

From the four major tissue types which regenerates quickly?

Accepted Answer

Epithelial

Question 5

The ankle is located ______ to the knee.

Accepted Answer

distal

Question 6

What gives the rough ER its sand paper like appearance?

Accepted Answer

ribosomes

Question 7

pH is a measurement of ________ concentration.

Accepted Answer

hydrogen

Question 8

Which refers to vertebrae?

Accepted Answer

C1-C7

Question 9

The type of solution that causes crenation or shrinkage of a red blood cells.

Accepted Answer

Hypertonic

Question 10

A substance that forms ions when it is dissolved in water.

Accepted Answer

electrolytes

Question 11

__________ is used to synthesize steroids.

Accepted Answer

cholesterol

Question 12

The nose is located ________ to the umbilicus (navel).

Accepted Answer

superior

Question 13

Table salt NaCl is an

Accepted Answer

electrolyte

Question 14

What word is descriptive of the groin area?

Accepted Answer

Inguinal

Question 15

The process that makes glucose from protein is called.

Accepted Answer

Gluconeogenesis

Question 16

This protein hardens and makes an epidermal cell water resistant.

Accepted Answer

Keratin

Question 17

A solution with a pH of 6.7

Accepted Answer

is acidic

Question 18

Types of endocytosis include?

Accepted Answer

Phagocytosis and Pinocytosis

Question 19

Cartilage and bone are formed from

Accepted Answer

Chondrocytes and osteocytes

Question 20

The stratum germinativum

Accepted Answer

under goes mitotic changes (cell division)

Question 21

A cell will swell and burst in what type of solution?

Accepted Answer

Hypotonic

Question 22

Hemopoiesis occurs in what bone structure?

Accepted Answer

Bone marrow

Question 23

There are seven pairs of true ribs.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

O2 moves from an area of high concentration (lungs) to an area of low concentration (the blood) by

Accepted Answer

diffusion

Question 25

_______ are filled with enzymes that destroy cellular debris and pathogens

Accepted Answer

Lysosomes

Question 26

_____ is known as the universal solvent

Accepted Answer

water

Question 27

What are the membranes that line the body cavities that open to the outside?

Accepted Answer

Mucous membranes

Question 28

The ____________ is known as the power plant of the cell.

Accepted Answer

mitochondrion

Question 29

Postmenopausal women with calcium deficiencies are at risk for?

Accepted Answer

Osteoporosis

Question 30

A nitrogen-containing waste product.

Accepted Answer

Urea

Question 31

When blood is drawn from the front of the elbow the area is called?

Accepted Answer

Antecubital

Question 32

_______ and _________ are produced by the rapid and incomplete breakdown of fatty acids

Accepted Answer

Acetone and ketoacids

Question 33

Osteoclasts are

Accepted Answer

bone-destroying cells

Question 34

When we hear terms like buccal, oral, and orbital these are structures in the

Accepted Answer

head

Question 35

What are bone-building cells called?

Accepted Answer

Osteoblasts

Question 36

The foot is located ______ to the thigh.

Accepted Answer

distal

Question 37

What is known as the energy transfer molecule?

Accepted Answer

ATP

Question 38

Normal Saline is what type of solution?

Accepted Answer

Isotonic

Question 39

What are the building blocks of protein?

Accepted Answer

Amino acids

Question 40

Which of the following would be considered neutral on the pH scale?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 41

Wax in the outer ear is produced by?

Accepted Answer

ceruminous glands

Question 42

A yellow pigment found in skin is

Accepted Answer

carotene

Question 43

When blood vessels of the skin dilate the person appears?

Accepted Answer

Flushed

Question 44

A positively charged ion

Accepted Answer

cation

Question 45

Which might stunt the growth of an injured leg in a child?

Accepted Answer

A mo-ped bike accident with Injury to tibia and epiphyseal disc.

Question 46

Another word for layered is

Accepted Answer

stratified

Question 47

Genetic information like DNA is found in what cell structure?

Accepted Answer

Nucleus

Question 48

Abnormal Spinal curvatures

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 49

Also known as the subcutaneous layer

Accepted Answer

hypodermis

Question 50

Skin supplied by oxygen-poor blood is

Accepted Answer

cyanotic

Question 51

What does the word fibrosis refer to?

Accepted Answer

replacement of injured tissue with fibrous connective tissue

Question 52

____________ are associated with tanning.

Accepted Answer

Melanocytes

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