Science Questions

Question 1

Which cells excrete pepsinogen?

Answer 1

chief cells of the stomach

Question 2

Which organ is responsible for a majority of digestion?

Answer 2

Small intestine

Question 3

Sensory neurons

Answer 3

Carry an afferent impulse- to the brain

Question 4

Contraction occurs when

Answer 4

Thin actin filaments slide past thicker myosin filaments causing the sarcomere unit to shorten

Question 5

Which nerve structure transmits impulses to other cells?

Answer 5

Axon

Question 6

Inflammation

Answer 6

Innate immune response resulting in redness, swelling, heat, and pain.

Question 7

The endocrine system produces what response?

Answer 7

Slow initiating, prolonged response on other body systems

Question 8

What is the integration center between endocrine and nervous system?

Answer 8

Hypothalamus

Question 9

Exocrine glands

Answer 9

Release chemicals to outside the body or to another surface within the body

Question 10

Endocrine glands

Answer 10

Releases chemical substances directly into the bloodstream or tissues of the body

Question 11

What gland has an exocrine function and aids in blood glucose regulation?

Answer 11

Pancreas

Question 12

Epidermis

Answer 12

Outer layer of the skin made of epithelial tissue

Question 13

Dermis

Answer 13

Middle layer of skin made of connective tissue

Question 14

Hypodermis

Answer 14

Lowest layer of skin

Question 15

Osteoclast

Answer 15

Bone cells that perform calcium mineral reabsorption

Question 16

Osteoblasts

Answer 16

Synthesize bones, the secretions allow for mineralization

Question 17

Osteocytes

Answer 17

Star shaped bone cell. Maintains structure. Senses physical stress.

Question 18

Osteons

Answer 18

Cylindrical structures comprised of compact bone tissue that surround the haversian canal

Question 19

Yellow marrow is located in?

Answer 19

Long adult bones in the Medullary cavity

Question 20

Spongy bone

Answer 20

Fewer osteons than compact bone, where red bone is formed.

Question 21

B-cells

Answer 21

Lymphocytes that make antibodies in response to antigens.

Question 22

Helper T cells

Answer 22

Secrete interlukens that trigger the action of other cells.

Question 23

Cytotoxin T cell

Answer 23

Attacks foreign cells, activated by interlukens

Question 24

Macrophage

Answer 24

Large white blood cells that ingest foreign materials

Question 25

Blastophil

Answer 25

Releases histamine

Question 26

Median/Sagittal/Midsagittal plane

Answer 26

Plane that passes through the middle of the body separating the left and right

Question 27

Parasagittal plane

Answer 27

A plane parallel to the Sagittal plane

Question 28

Transverse plane

Answer 28

Located at midsection, separates superior and inferior sections

Question 29

Coronal plane

Answer 29

Separates the anterior and posterior sections

Question 30

Ribosomes

Answer 30

Facilitate protein synthesis in the rough endoplasmic reticulum

Question 31

Emphysema

Answer 31

Increased residual volume due to decreased elasticity

Question 32

Immunoglobulin

Answer 32

Antibody

Question 33

Interferon

Answer 33

Protein secreted by leukocytes when they are infected with viruses

Question 34

Lutenizing hormone

Answer 34

Controls production of testosterone

Question 35

Gametes

Answer 35

Sperm

Question 36

Proximal convoluted tube

Answer 36

First locations where glucose and other substances are reabsorbed into the blood

Question 37

Glomerulus

Answer 37

Capillaries where blood pressure pushes water, salt, glucose, amino acids, and urea from the blood.

Question 38

Bowmans capsule

Answer 38

Cup shaped structure that surrounds and collects filtrate from the glomerulus

Question 39

Renal pelvis

Answer 39

center of the kidney where urine collects before moving to the ureter

Question 40

Mendel's law of segregation

Answer 40

His first law of inheritance, each gamete carries only one allele for each gene

Question 41

Amino acids

Answer 41

monomer of protein

Question 42

Nucleotides

Answer 42

The monomer of DNA, one type of nucleic acid

Question 43

Dependent variable

Answer 43

variable being measured in an experiment, effect

Question 44

Motor neurons

Answer 44

Carry efferent impulse- from the brain