Midterm chapters 1-8 Flashcards
(26 cards)
Which skin color is most likely to result from Anemia?
Pallor
Ankle bone is also called the _______ .
Talus
The cut of a guillotine (decapitation) is an example of a section done in the midsagittal plane.
False
Increased bilirubin levels cause a skin discoloration called __________.
Jaundice
The outermost layer of the skin is called the __________.
Epidermis
The ________ cavity contains the lungs, which are enfolded in the _________.
Thoracic; pleurae
The inner and longer bone of the two bones of the human forearm.
The ulna
What is all of the DNA in a set of 23 chromosomes referred to as?
The genome
Basal cell carcinoma initially affects cells of the stratum ___________.
Basale
The term ________ refers to a membrane that allows some things to pass through it but not others.
Selectively permeable
DNA replication is called semiconservative because __________
Each daughter DNA consists of one new helix and one old helix.
The middle primary germ layer is called _________ , which gives rise to a gelatinous material called _______, which then gives rise to different types of connective tissue such as bone, cartilage, and blood.
Mesoderm; mesenchyme
List levels of human structure from most complex to simplest.
Organ system, organ, tissue, cell, organelle
Skeletal muscle is described as ________ and ___________.
striated; voluntary
Which type of muscle tissue is found in the walls of hollow organs?
Smooth muscle
The continuation of the peritoneum that binds the small intestine and suspends it from the abdominal wall is called the ___________.
posterior mesentery
Which cutaneous glands are concerned with cooling the body?
Merocrine glands
The study of how the body functions is called __________.
Physiology
True or false. The appendix is found in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen.
True
A red blood cell is placed in a hypertonic solution. This means the concentration of solutes in the solution is _________ than the concentration of solutes in the intracellular fluid, and will cause the cell to ___________.
higher; shrink
The surface of the heart is formed by a membrane called ___________.
visceral pericardium
Which of the skin layers is the most superficial?
Epidermis
The left and right portions of the thoracic cavity are divided by the _________
mediastinum
Excessive hairiness is called _________
Hirsutism
