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What causes osteoporosis

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A disease caused brittle bones. A decrease in the osteoblast activity and normal osteoclast activity

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Autonomic sympathetic system is responsible for what?

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Regulating involuntary body functions such as heart beat, blood flow, breathing and digestion. Fight or flight.

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What is the function of neurons?

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To process and transmit information, creating electrical impulse

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What is the function of myelin sheath?

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To protect the neuron, provide insulation, and increase the speed of impulse transmission

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What is blood cells made?

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Bone marrow

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What produce antibodies

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Plasma cells ( different from white blood cells called B lymphocytes also called B cell )

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A person who is sick may have?

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Increase in whites blood cells

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What attacks Antigen?

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Antibodies

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What is an example of a disease where the immune system attacks itself?

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Multiple Sclerosis ( Auto immune disease )

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What are the pores in the nuclear envelopes used for?

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Regulate import and export of material between nucleus and cytoplasm

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What organelles transport energy that comes from the food?

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Mitochondria

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What glands produce FSH?

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Anterior pituitary

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What glands produce TSH?

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Posterior pituitary gland

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What are the 2 major part of the nervous system ?

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Central nervous system and peripheral nervous system

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What produce bile?

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Liver

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Where is urine stored?

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Bladder

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What is active immunity?

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Vaccinations

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What is the job of the circulatory systems ?

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To transport endocrine hormones

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Where does fertilizations begins ?

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End of the Fallopian tube

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Where does meiosis occur ?

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Ovaries and testes

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Which of the following endocrine system gland located behind the thyroid gland? What does the parathyroid gland help the body control?

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Calcium and phosphorous levels

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What does the body make when In the sunlight?

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Vitamin D

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What method lungs use to diffuse O2 and CO2 ?

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Simple diffusion against concentration gradients

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What protects the skin from UV?

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Melanin

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What hormones decrease glucose level?
Insulin beta cell
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What happens when alveoli is damaged?
Can’t provide gas exchanged, may cause emphysema
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What kind of bonds in nucleotides is in double strand DNA ?
Hydrogen
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What kind of tissue in the spinal cord?
Nervous
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S and O are in the same periodic group and share chemical properties, but H2S is a gas at room temperature, which of the main reason for this?
H2O has a strong intermolecular bond that H2S
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What bond are involved in S2O versus H2O ?
Covalent bond: H2O has a stronger intermolecular bond.
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What layer of the skin is sebaceous gland found ?
Dermis
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What is called when gametes produce zygotes
Fertilization
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Biggest strongest bone
Femur
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Main function of circulatory system
Transport nutrient and oxygen through the body
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Liquid to gas
Evaporation
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Function of Neuron
Transmitted electrical signal to the body ( action potential )
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What are sweat glands ?
Exocrine glands, sudoriferousn glands
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Which is the women outer organ?
Vagina
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Which one connect to vagina?
Cervix
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Which gland from the men’s body secrets a fluid into the urethra to neutralize to acidity in the urethra ?
Bulbourethral
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I’m which layer are follicles hairs?
Dermis
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Which one connected large intestine to the appendix
Cecum
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If damages circulatory respiratory ( breathing ) rate what brain part is responsible to that ?
Medulla oblangata
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What produces gametes?
Meiosis
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How does oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange?
Diffusion down concentration gradient
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What cells produce testosterones?
Leydig cells is presence of the LH ( interstitials cell )
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In addition to oxygen and carbon dioxide = , the circulatory system is the primary delivery system for which of the following?
Endocrine system
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Gains and loses of which the following general create an electrolytes imbalance ?
Sodium
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Which of the following occurs in the cardiac cycle if the impulse triggered at the senatorial node never close?
The atria will never close
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Which of the following reactions occurs during thermoregulation to increase body temperature?
The body begins shivering
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A blood sample taken from a patient who has infection can be expected to show which of the following?
Elevated white blood cell count
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Which of the following organs remove nitrogenous waste from the body?
Kidney
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An individual cell is able to make copies of its genetic information but is unable to produce encoded proteins ?
This indicates a possible problem in the Ribosomes
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Which of the following digestive systems structure releases amylase?
Salivary glands
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Which of the following functions does the myelin sheath perform a nerve cell?
Insulation
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Which of the following organs is responsible for the secretion of the hormone insulin?
Pancreas
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An increase in which of the following would lead to decrease in the amount of oxygen in the blood?
Exercise
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Which of the following body system break down proteins into amino acids ?
Digestive
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Which of the following layers of skin contains the sebaceous glands?
Dermis
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Osteoporosis result from which of the following?
A decline of osteoblast activity while osteoclast activity continues at expected levels
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Which of the following occurs in the cardiac cycle if the impulse triggered at the sinoatrial node never close?
The atria will never closed
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Which of the following structure is found in cells?
Plasma membrane
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Which of the following types of cells stimulates other immune cells to attacks and destroy foreign agents?
Helper T-cells
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The process known as gastrulation results in the formation of which of the following embryonic structures
Germinal layers
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Which of the following structure carriers’ blood away from the heart?
Arteries
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Which of the following demonstrate condensation?
Few drops from on a leaf
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Which of the following unit is used to indicates mass?
Mg
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Which of the following demonstrate a chemical reaction of water?
Water produces gas with sodium metal
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Where is the info stored in DNA?
Nitrogenous bases
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Acid chyme produced by stomach is neutralized in the intestine by which of the following ?
Pancreatic secretions
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On which of the following locations does the development of blood cell take place?
Bone marrow
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The component of an atom that possess relatively little mass, thus being negligible in calculating the atom?
Electron
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A and O are in the same periodic group and share chemical properties, but H2S is a gas at room temperature, following is the main reason for this?
H2O has stronger intramolecular bonds than H2S
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Which of the following reasons explains why it is important for a new scientific findings to be punished?
Other scientist can validate or disprove the findings
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Which of the following excess solutes from the body?
Kidney
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The processes by which gametes combine to form a zygote is called which of the following ?
Fertilization
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The exchange of nutrients between tissues and blood primary occurs in which of the following locations
Capillaries
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Which of the following cellular process produces gametes
Meiosis
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Which portion of the autonomic nervous system is responsible for an increased heart rate?
Sympathetic Nervous system
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Permanent damage to which if the following types of tissues in the spinal cord will cause paralysis
Nervous tissue
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Which of the following is appropriate prefix to measure the amount of space taken up?
Milli
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In addition to oxygen and carbon dioxide, the circulatory system is the primary delivery system for?
Endocrine hormones
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Iodine directly helps which of the following glands ?
Thyroid glands

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