Directional Terms
Basic Chemistry
The Cell
Cell Metabolism
Tissues
100

What is the medical term for the tailbone?

Coccyx

100

Matter can be what 3 forms?

Solid, liquid or gas

100

The _________ is the powerhouse of the cell.

Mitochondria

100

The body requires a constant supply of _________ for fuel.

Glucose

100

What is another word for fat tissue?

Adipose fat, subcutaneous fat

200

The stomach is ________ to the umbilicus.

Superior

200

A fire is an example of what type of energy?

Thermal energy

200

What structure separates intracellular material from extracellular material?

Cell membrane, plasma membrane

200

This is unable to be broken down, therefore it is used as a fiber source

Cellulose

200

Immature bone cells are called ___________?

Osteoblasts

300

What is the smallest unit of living matter?

The atom

300

What is the name of the energy transfer molecule?

Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)

300

Organelles are suspended in a "gel-like" substance called _________?

Cytoplasm

300

The most important steroid in the body is _________?

Cholesterol

300

What is the term used to describe the process of death of the cells or tissues?

Necrosis

400

What is the term for the relative constancy of the internal environment of the body, despite many challenges to upset the balance.

Homeostasis

400

The atomic mass of an atom is obtained by adding which two items?

Protons and neutrons

400

Which type of transport mechanism requires ATP?

Active transport

400

This process is the breakdown of glucose without the presence of oxygen

anaerobic catabolism

400

What type of tissue allows the urinary bladder to expand as it fills with urine?

transitional epithelium

500

Where is the antecubital space?

At the bend of the elbow (anterior portion)

500

The process of spontaneous breakdown or decay is called __________?

Radioactivity

500
How many stages of mitosis occur BEFORE the daughter cells are produced?

4

prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telephase

500

What three elements will glucose be broken down into when in the presence of oxygen?

CO2, H2O and ATP

500

The myelin sheath is made up of _________?

Fat