Oh The Places You'll Go
Active microglial cells would likely indicate this in the CNS...
What is an infection?
This is the epidermal layer that is constantly being shed during your daily activities.
What is the stratum corneum?
The order of the layers of meninges, starting against the skull and moving toward the brain:
What are: dura mater, arachnoid, pia mater?
This is the 6-meter-long coiled tube where sperm go to mature for approximately 20 days.
What is the epididymis?
THIS TYPE of synovial joint has the greatest range of motion.
What is the ball and socket type?
When you intentionally tighten your abdominal muscles, the motor and somatic divisions of this system are being used.
What is the nervous system?
Your fingerprints are caused by a layer of dermal ____.
What are papillae?
The humerus is NOT part of the axial skeleton, it is part of this...
What is the appendicular skeleton?
This is the layer of the uterine wall responsible for contractions during childbirth.
What is the myometrium?
Sensation, excretion of wastes, and production of vitamins are functions of THIS...
What is the skin?
Neuroglia that maintain cerebrospinal fluid are called this...
What are ependymal cells?
The pigment produced by your skin that protects you from UV radiation is _____.
What is melanin?
The scapula is an example of this shaped bone.
What is a flat bone?
During the first two weeks of development, THIS LAYER of the blastocyst is responsible for forming the projections that eventually become the placenta.
What is the trophoblast layer?
If a doctor is comparing the size of one person’s brain to another, this would be an example of this type of study
What is anatomy (not physiology)?
The sensory division of the peripheral nervous system is also known as this...
What is the afferent division?
The arrangement of collagen in the dermis forms THESE...
What are the lines of cleavage?
The name given to each end of a long bone is ____
What is epiphysis?
As adults age, THIS CARTILAGE on the ends of their bones deteriorates, causing bones to make grinding noises as they move past each other.
What is the articular cartilage?
The levels of organization include THESE from smallest to largest.
What are: mitochondria, cell, tissue, organ, system, organism?
This division of the nervous system can help calm someone down after an emergency has occurred...
What is the parasympathetic division?
A cell's resting potential can be described as: Cell is ____ charged, environment is _____ charged.
What is: Cell is NEGATIVELY charged, environment is POSITIVELY charged.
In the male, THIS is released by the interstitial cells of the testes (when stimulated by LH).
What is testosterone?
You haven’t been eating your vegetables or drinking milk. The calcium in your blood is, therefore, quite low. THIS will break down your bone to put calcium back into your blood.
What is Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)?
THIS refers specifically to the final process where spermatids take the shape of mature sperm.
What is spermiogenesis?