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Tissues
A word added to the end to modify its meaning is a:
Suffix
This plane divides the body into front and back portions:
Frontal Plane
The rib bones are classified as ______ bones
flat
What is physiology?
How something functions
Water moving from an area of low concentration across a semi-permeable membrane to an area of higher concentration is:
Osmosis
What is the name of the hollow shaft found in long bones?
Diaphysis
The Central Nervous System is comprised of:
The brain & spinal cord
The Autonomic Nervous system is composed of these two systems:
Parasympathetic & Sympathetic Nervous systems
This layer of skin contains blood vessels
Dermis
What is the name of the tissue that covers the outside of the lungs?
Visceral Pleura
How dose the body dissipate heat?
Sweating & Vasodilation
The most abundant type of tissue in the body is:
Connective tissue
What is the name of the portion of sternum immediately above the angle of Louis?
Manubrium
What is the outermost meningeal layer located inside the cranium?
The Dura Mater
What is the principal cation that causes skeletal muscles to contract?
Calcium
The serous layer of tissue that surrounds the abdominal organs is known as the
Peritoneal layer
Which anion functions as the principal buffer of the body?
Bicarbonate
The cell membrane wall is composed of this substance
Phospholipids
Intelligence & decision making are found in the brain at the:
Cerebrum
When a positive charge is on the outside and negative is on the inside a cell is considered:
Polarized
Nerves within the afferent division of the PNS are called:
Sensory
Which part of the neuron is stimulated by environmental changes or the activity of other cells?
Dendrites
Steroid metabolism and drug detoxification occurs in what part of the cell?
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
What is most responsible for consciousness and the ability to be awake?
Reticular Activating System