What, in addition to adenosine triphosphate, must be present for a muscle to contract?

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The pulse point located on the neck is palpated over which artery? 

Caratoid

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In what area of the body would you expect to find especially thick stratum corneum?

Heel of the foot

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Which of the following could result from a damaged olfactory nerve?

Reduced sense of smell

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Which of the following types of tissues functions in the covering, lining, and protection of surfaces and body cavities?

Epithelial tissue

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Which of the following cell organelles is correctly paired with its function?

Ribosome/ Protein synthesis

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T-lymphocytes are developed by which of the following glands?

Thymus

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White blood cells contain many _________ because they need to dispose of harmful intruders such as bacteria and viruses. Which of the following options correctly completes the statement above?

Lysosomes

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The respiratory system is composed of organs that facilitate gas exchange between the blood and the external environment. Which of the following describes the group of organs that function during gas exchange?

Organ system

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Which of the following organelles is responsible for digesting damaged cellular structures, as well as macromolecules and bacteria ingested by the cell?

Lysosomes

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A patient reveals to you that they were recently involved in a car accident that they believe resulted in a deviated septum. Which of the following bones may have been injured in the accident, resulting in the deviated septum?

Vomer

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Mitosis occurs in which layer of the skin?

Stratum germinativum

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Which of the types of tissue is responsible for providing the matrix that supports and connects other tissues of the body?

Connective tissue

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Which of the following describes the distal region of the humerus?

The epiphysis that articulates with the radius and ulna

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Which of the following is the name of the imaginary vertical plane that equally divides the body into left and right?

Median

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Which of the following organ systems is correctly paired with its function?

Endocrine/ regulation of homeostasis through hormone signaling

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Which blood vessel returns blood from the lungs back to the heart?

Pulmonary vein

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Eccrine glands secrete a watery substance onto the surface of the skin to maintain temperature homeostasis through which process?

Evaporation

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Which of the following causes bone matrix resorption in response to a decrease of calcium levels in the blood?

Osteoclasts

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Which organelle is responsible for storing DNA?

Nucleus

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What is secreted by the adrenal glands?

Cortisol and aldosterone

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Which part of the eye allows us to see color?

Retina

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Which of the following describes cellular respiration?

It is an oxidative catabolic activity

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Which of the following anatomical terms is correctly matched with its meaning?

carinal/skull

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Cerumen is secreted by apocrine glands located in which of the following structures?

The external auditory canal

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What, in addition to adenosine triphosphate, must be present for a muscle to contract?

Calcium