Structure & Terminology
Basic Chemistry
Organic Compounds
Cells
Tissues
100
The heart is in this position relative to the diaphragm.
What is superior?
100
This is the smallest unit of matter.
What is the atom?
100
These organic compounds are the main source of energy for cells.
What is carbohydrates?
100
This type of molecule is the primary component of the cell membrane.
What is phospholipid?
100
This type of tissue is striated, uninucleate, and involuntary.
What is cardiac muscle?
200
A coronal (frontal) cut would split the body into these two parts.
What is anterior (ventral) and posterior (dorsal)?
200
These are unstable isotopes that decay over time.
What is radioactive?
200
These are the 4 groups of organic compounds (macromolecules).
What is carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids?
200
This organelle contains all of the cell's DNA.
What is the nucleus?
200
This type of gland secretes hormones directly into the bloodstream.
What is endocrine?
300
The lungs, esophagus, and heart are located in this body cavity.
What is thoracic?
300
This term describes all of the life-sustaining chemical reactions.
What is metabolism?
300
There are 22 of these "building blocks" of proteins.
What is amino acids?
300
During the process of osmosis, water moves across this type of membrane.
What is selectively permeable?
300
These are the 4 main types of tissue.
What is epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous?
400
This term describes the pH of body fluids when they drop below normal.
What is acidic/acidosis?
400
These 3 components make up a single nucleotide.
What is 5-C sugar, phosphate group, nitrogenous base?
400
This cellular organelle is the site of protein synthesis.
What is ribosome?
400
These 2 tissues do not heal following injury/damage.
What is cardiac and nervous?
500
The liver, gallbladder, and right kidney are located in this abdominopelvic region.
What is right hypochondriac?
500
These types of compounds dissociate in water to ions.
What is electrolytes?
500
This nitrogenous base is not found in RNA.
What is thymine?
500
During this phase of mitosis, the chromosomes are lined up along the equator of the cell.
What is metaphase?
500
This type of membrane lines body cavities that do not open to the outside and produces a watery lubricant.
What is serous membrane?