What is the name of the structure that prevents food from entering the airway? - correct answer Epiglottis
Which substance makes up the pads that
... [Show More] provide support between the vertebrae? - correct answer Cartilage
The two criteria for classifying epithelial tissue are cell layers and ______ - correct answer Cell shape
Where is the parathyroid gland located? - correct answer Neck
How many organ systems are in the human body? - correct answer 11
Which element within the respiratory system is responsible for removing foreign matter from the lungs? - correct answer Cilia
What is the name of the process in the lungs by which oxygen is transported from the air to the blood? - correct answer Diffusion
Which gland is responsible for the regulation of calcium levels? - correct answer Parathyroid
Which secretion of the digestive system is responsible for water reabsorption? - correct answer Large intestine
Describe one responsibility of the integumentary system. - correct answer Blocking pathogens that cause disease
When are parasympathetic nerves active within the nervous system? - correct answer When a person is resting or eating
What best describes the relationship between the circulatory system and the integumentary system? - correct answer Removal of excess heat from body
Once blood has been oxygenated, it travels through the pulmonary veins, through the left atrium, and then through the _______ before entering the left ventricle. - correct answer Mitral valve
The part of the human excretory system most responsible for maintaining normal body temperature is what? - correct answer Sweat glands
A part of what body system controls fluid loss, protects deep tissue, and synthesizes vitamin D? - correct answer Integumentary system
The respiratory system ______ oxygen and ______ carbon dioxide. - correct answer Delivers; expels
What is the name for any substance that stimulates the production of antibodies? - correct answer Antigen
What does not exist in RNA? - correct answer Thymine
In what muscle type are the filaments arranged in a disorderly manner? - correct answer Smooth muscle
Which hormone is produced by the pineal gland? - correct answer Melatonin
What type of plane describes a section that divides the body into equal right and left parts? - correct answer Mid-sagittal
In the development of genetic traits, one gene must match to the one _______ for the traits to develop correctly. - correct answer Protein
What can be found in the dorsal cavity of the body? - correct answer Spine
What best describes the careful ordering of molecules within solids that have a fixed shape? - correct answer Crystalline order
What structure moves downward during inspiration? - correct answer Diaphragm
Which of the following describes the transport network that is responsible for the transference of proteins throughout a cell? - correct answer ER
The right lung has ___ lobes and the left lung has ___ lobes? - correct answer 3;2
A _________ is the physical and visible expression of a genetic trait. - correct answer Phenotype
Which systems primary function is to release hormones ? - correct answer Endocrine system
The heart is located in which of the following areas? - correct answer Thoracic
A substance is considered acidic if it has a pH of less than ____. - correct answer 7
What best describes the location of the trachea in relation to the esophagus? - correct answer Anterior
A triple beam balance would show what unit of measurement ? - correct answer Grams
What best describes a section that divides the body into equal upper and lower portions? - correct answer Transverse
What best describes the role of RNA? - correct answer Sending messages about the correct sequence of proteins in DNA
What do catalysts alter to control the rate of a chemical reaction? - correct answer Activation energy
What best describes the primary function of the nervous system? - correct answer The center of communication of the body
What system is primarily responsible for helping the body breathe? - correct answer Respiratory system
Which system helps fight illnesses? - correct answer Immune system
What bone type is embedded in tendons? - correct answer Sesamoid bones
What is NOT a product of respiration ? - correct answer Glucose
What blood vessel contains the least-oxygenated blood? - correct answer Pulmonary artery
What layer of the heart contains striated muscle fibers for contraction of the heart? - correct answer Myocardium
What blood vessel carries oxygenated blood back to the heart? - correct answer Pulmonary vein
What part of the cell is often called the cell "power house" because it provides energy for cellular functions? - correct answer Mitochondria
What function do ribosomes serve within a cell? - correct answer Ribosomes aid in protein synthesis
What us the most likely reason that cells differentiate? - correct answer So that simple, non-specialized cells become highly specialized cells
How is meiosis similar to mitosis ? - correct answer Both occur in human, other animals, and plants
How do DNA and RNA function together as part of the human genome? - correct answer RNA carries genetic information from DNA in the cytoplasm
The majority of nutrients absorption occurs in the ____. - correct answer Small intestines
What process should the DNA within a cell undergo before the cell replicates? - correct answer The DNA should replicate so that daughter cells have the same amount of of DNA material after cell division
What basic molecular unit enables hereditary information to be transmitted from parent to offspring? - correct answer Genes
What statement accurately compares/contrasts the structures of DNA and RNA? - correct answer Both DNA and RNA have 4 nucleotide bases, three of the bases are the same but the fourth base is thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA
What characteristic is part of a persons genotype? - correct answer CFTR genes that cause cystic fibrosis
Where is the interstitial fluid found? - correct answer In the tissues around cells
What type of cells secrete antibodies? - correct answer Plasma cells
Chemical C is a catalyst in the reaction between chemical A and chemical B. What us the effect of chemical C? - correct answer Chemical C increases the rate if the reaction between A and B
What type of molecules are enzymes? - correct answer Proteins molecules
What structure controls the hormones secreted by the pituitary gland? - correct answer Hypothalamus
Where do gas exchange occur in the human body? - correct answer Alveoli
An atom has 5 protons, 5 neutrons, and 6 electrons. What is the electric charge if this atom? - correct answer Negative
What systems primary function is to take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide ? - correct answer Respiratory system
What best describes the structures found underneath each rib in defending order? - correct answer Vein, artery, nerve
What is the primary function of the spleen? - correct answer Filters microorganisms and other foreign substances from the blood
The process if changing from a liquid ti a gas is called _____. - correct answer Vaporization [Show Less]