Unit 1
What term is the division of genetic material within the nucleus?
Mitosis
Which type of tissue contains subtypes such as bone and blood?
Connective tissue
What is the functional unit of a skeletal muscle?
Sarcomere
Which cranial nerve classification does II. Optic fall under? (sensory, motor, mixed)
Sensory
What is the name of a neuron's cell body?
Soma
Which plane cuts the body into anterior and posterior halves?
Frontal
What are the layers of the epidermis from top to bottom?
Corneum, lucidum, granulosum, spinosum, basale
Which structural joint classification includes sutures, syndesmoses, and gomphoses?
Fibrous joints
Which main region of the brain is the largest?
Cerebral hemispheres
Which type of muscle tissue is involuntary and mostly in digestive organs and blood vessels?
Smooth muscle
Which organelle functions in lipid metabolism, cholesterol synthesis, hormone synthesis, and glycogen breakdown?
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Which type of gland is associated with hair follicles?
Sebaceous glands
Which connective tissue layer is around bundles of muscle fibers (fascicles)?
Perimysium
What kind of stimuli do nociceptors respond to?
Pain
What are the two areas of a long bone?
Diaphysis and epiphyses
What is the name for the phospholipid bilayer surrounding each cell?
Plasma membrane
What is the diaphysis of bone and what does it contain?
Middle section/shaft of long bone, contains fat stores
What do myosin cross-bridges bind to during muscle contraction?
Actin filaments
The ventral horns have motor neurons for motor output, the lateral horns have sensory neurons for sensory input
What epithelial cell type would have one layer of tall, narrow cells?
Simple columnar
What are the two layers of a serous membrane and the difference between the two?
Parietal (lines the cavity) and visceral (covers the organ)
What is intramembranous ossification?
Bone developing from a fibrous membrane
Ex: cranial bones
Which type of neuroglial cell have cilia to circulate CSF in the skull and brain?
Ependymal cells
What are the five steps of a reflex arc?
Sensory receptor, sensory neuron, integration center, motor neuron, effector
What happens when the sympathetic nervous system activates arrector pili muscles?
Goosebumps