The Basics
This church instrument is also known as a group of tissues.
What is an organ?
This type of bond involves the donation of an electron from one atom to another.
What is an ionic bond?
The cell membrane has 2 layers of these molecules that select what substances pass through it.
Like a rubber band, this kind of protein fiber is found in the extracellular matrix of some connective tissues to provide stretch and recoil.
What is elastic fiber?
Exposing your skin to the sun triggers the conversion of cholesterol into this vitamin.
What is Vitamin D?
This type of feedback loop increases the deviation from the normal set point of a variable.
What is a positive feedback loop?
At this point, you should know by now this energy carrier compound used in all basic life processes. BTW, it's inorganic and if you say IDK you're SOL.
What is ATP?
This kind of solution makes cells lose water and shrink.
What is a hypertonic solution?
To be stratified or not to be stratified, that is the question. This type of epithelial tissue is found in your nose to help produce mucus with goblet cells.
What is pseudostratified columnar epithelium?
The presence of this protein prevents water loss through the epidermis.
What is keratin?
This sheet of muscle separates your thoracic and abdominal cavities.
What is the diaphragm?
What is specificity?
Ferrari, jeans, and this organelle responsible for the packaging and distribution of substances are all things pioneered by Italians.
What is the Golgi apparatus?
This type of cartilage found in joints gets its name from its transparency thanks to evenly distributed collagen fibers.
What is hyaline cartilage?
A surgical incision in this orientation to the cleavage lines will result in less scar tissue.
What is parallel (to the cleavage lines)?
This plane separates the body into superior and inferior halves.
What is a transverse plane?
Dinnertime! Can someone pass me this substance, the result of a chemical reaction between an acid and a base?
What is a salt?
What's this big red button do? Cells press the proverbial self-destruct button during this process.
What is apoptosis?
This type of connective tissue is found in only one place in the body and uses intercalated disks for communicating a contraction signal.
Blood vessels near the skin will do this to conserve heat.
What is vasoconstriction?
This anatomical descriptor is synonymous with "posterior" or "towards the back".
What is dorsal?
This organic compound is made from a special sugar group, a phosphate, and nitrogenous bases.
What is a nucleic acid?
If you like pina coladas, you'll know this active process involves a cell ingesting smaller materials like liquid.
What is pinocytosis?
Latin for "small beam", these structures create the tiny spaces that give spongy bone its unique appearance.
What are trabeculae?
This severe burn is characterized by a loss of sensation due to nerve damage.
What is a 3rd-degree burn?