What structure in the brain produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)?
What is the choroid plexus (will also accept ependymal cells)
100
Which type of cells are responsible for initiating an immune response that protects the body from infectious disease and foreign invaders?
What is leukocytes (WBCs)
100
Jimmy is walking in the forest when he sees a bear. His sympathetic nervous system becomes activated causing his pupils to_______.
What is dilate
100
What is the large triangular sesamoid bone located within the tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscle?
What is the patella
100
What is the name of an immovable joint found only between skull bones?
What is suture
200
What is the ventricle that lies between the two thalami
What is the 3rd ventricle
200
Which molecule, located in every RBC, transports oxygen and carbon dioxide and is responsible for the bright red colour of arterial blood?
What is hemoglobin
200
What is the cell type responsible for transforming physical sound waves into nerve impulses that are sent to the brain (in the ear)?
What is hair cells (also will accept mechanoreceptors)
200
During the development of the appendicular skeleton, when do the limbs first begin to appear?
What is the 4th week
200
What type of cartilage is found in the intervertebral discs?
What is fibrocartilage
300
Name two cranial nerves that have parasympathetic supply
What is CN III (oculomotor), CN VII (facial), CN IX (hypoglossal), CN X (vagus)
300
This is an artificial way of increasing erythrocyte count in the body, and is often banned from use in athletic competition.
What is blood doping
300
Name the structure of the ear responsible for detecting the rotational movements in the head?
What is the semicircular canals
300
What three bones join together at the acetabulum?
What is the ilium, ischium, and pubis
300
What is a hyaline-type cartilage that covers the surfaces of bones at the point of articulation?
What is articular cartilage
400
When a physician shines a light in a patient's eye, the action of the pupils provides information on the parasympathetic functioning of what cranial nerve?
What is CN III (oculomotor)
400
What is the process by which a megakaryocyte turns into a platelet?
What is thrombopoiesis
400
Without this vital region of the vascular tunic, the retina and inner layer of the eye wall would not be able to receive necessary nutrients and oxygen through an extensive capillary network.
What is the choroid
400
What bone in the foot articulates with the tibia
What is talus
400
Rickets can result from an insufficiency of which vitamin?
What is vitamin D
500
A person suffering from severe epilepsy may be treated with a "split brain" procedure to sever the connection between the two cerebral hemispheres. What structure would most likely be cut during this operation?
What is the corpus callosum
500
Peter was in a car accident and is now in the hospital. He requires a blood transfusion, what type of blood can he receive without knowing his blood type?
What is type O (negative, but will accept without)
500
Using the following terms, place them in correct order from the outer ear to inner ear (incus, tympanic membrane, oval window)
What is 1) tympanic membrane 2) incus 3) oval window
500
Name the four proximal carpal bones
What is the scaphoid, lunate, pisiform, and triquetrum