What is the medical term for the tailbone?
Coccyx
Matter can be what 3 forms?
Solid, liquid or gas
The _________ is the powerhouse of the cell.
Mitochondria
The body requires a constant supply of _________ for fuel.
Glucose
What is another word for fat tissue?
Adipose fat, subcutaneous fat
The stomach is ________ to the umbilicus.
Superior
A fire is an example of what type of energy?
Thermal energy
What structure separates intracellular material from extracellular material?
Cell membrane, plasma membrane
This is unable to be broken down, therefore it is used as a fiber source
Cellulose
Immature bone cells are called ___________?
Osteoblasts
What is the smallest unit of living matter?
The atom
What is the name of the energy transfer molecule?
Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
Organelles are suspended in a "gel-like" substance called _________?
Cytoplasm
The most important steroid in the body is _________?
Cholesterol
What is the term used to describe the process of death of the cells or tissues?
Necrosis
What is the term for the relative constancy of the internal environment of the body, despite many challenges to upset the balance.
Homeostasis
The atomic mass of an atom is obtained by adding which two items?
Protons and neutrons
Which type of transport mechanism requires ATP?
Active transport
This process is the breakdown of glucose without the presence of oxygen
anaerobic catabolism
What type of tissue allows the urinary bladder to expand as it fills with urine?
transitional epithelium
Where is the antecubital space?
At the bend of the elbow (anterior portion)
The process of spontaneous breakdown or decay is called __________?
Radioactivity
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prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telephase
What three elements will glucose be broken down into when in the presence of oxygen?
CO2, H2O and ATP
The myelin sheath is made up of _________?
Fat