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What are the four main classes of tissues?
Epithelium
Connective
Nervous
Muscle
What type of structural fiber is made of thick parallel bundles and is found in tendons and ligaments?
Collagen
Term that refers to a tissue having a blood supply.
Vascular
Epithelial cells have an expansive extracellular matrix.
True or False?
False
What type of epithelium is represented in this picture?
Stratified Squamous

How many cell layers does simple epithelia have?
one
What body system contains transitional epithelium?
Urinary
Tendons connect ___________ to bone and ____________ motion.
Muscle
Enhance
Ligaments connect ___________ to bone and _____________ motion.
Bone
Limit
What type of Dense connective tissue is composed mostly of elastic fibers, and is found in areas which require stretching?
Elastic
What type of cartilage is found at the points of connection between long bones (articular)?
Hyaline Cartilage
_________________ is both amorphous and homogenous, and it contains cell adhesion molecules and proteoglycans. It is the fluid between cells where the cell can exchange fluid and waste with the bloodstream.
Ground Substance
Where is the extracellular matrix located?
Between cells
The front and hind limbs and their respective shoulder and pelvic girdles are part of the:
Appendicular skeleton
Which bones compose the axial skeleton?
Sternum
Skull
Ribs
Vertebrae
What group of vertebrae connect to the pelvis?
Sacral
What group of vertebrae connect to the tail?
Caudal
What group of vertebrae support the abdominal organs?
Lumbar
What group of vertebrae connect to the ribs?
Thoracic
The cylindrical shaft of a long bone is known as epiphysis.
True or False?
False
_____________ cells synthesize and secrete the organic substances of bone.
Osteoblast
Most long bones develop by endochondral ossification.
True or False
True
Remodeling of bone does not involve osteoclastic activity.
True or False?
False
The epiphyseal plate is a cartilage plate between:
the epiphysis and diaphysis
Bone cells that represent transformed osteoblasts, communicate with each other by gap junctions in canaliculae, and maintain bone matrix are:
Osteocytes
What type of movability does Amphiarthroses have?
slightly moveable
What type of movability does Synarthroses have?
immovable
What type of movability does diarthroses have?
Freely moveable
Where would a gomphosis joint be found?
teeth in jaw
What characteristic is unique to diarthroses joints?
They contain a bursa
What bones come together to create the coxofemoral joint?
Pelvis and Femur
What type of movement would best be described as flexion?
A horse picking up its front leg to walk
Which joint allows for jaw movement?
Temperomandibular
Afferent nerve fibers enter the spinal cord via the. _________________ root and the efferent nerve fibers leave via the ______________ root.
dorsal, ventral
The Parasympathetic stimulation increases intestinal muscle (smooth muscle) and secretory activity.
True or False?
True
A myelin sheath on a peripheral nerve fiber increases:
the velocity of impulse conduction
Sympathetic (fight or flight) stimulation to the bronchi (air passages) of the lungs would result in a decrease of their diameter.
True or False?
False
A stimulus increases the permeability of the neuron for the sodium ion.
True or False?
True
Repolarization of a nerve fiber is accomplished by:
diffusion of K+ from the inside of the fiber to the outside
A stimulus applied to a neuron causes depolarization of the membrane. This means the membrane:
becomes more positive on the inside and negative on the outside because Na+ flows inward
What composes the central nervous system?
Spinal cord and brain
The autonomic nervous system controls voluntary muscle movement.
True or False?
False
Which layer of the meninges is connected to the CNS?
Pia mater
Ascending tracts that carry information to the CNS are an _____________ pathway.
Afferent
Information flows through a neuron starting at the dendrites, then through the cell body, and ultimately leaves the neuron through the axon.
True or False?
True
What type of channels are sodium and potassium channels?
Voltage gated
What are the three types of muscle?
Skeletal
Cardiac
Smooth
The movement of smooth muscle of the digestive tract is voluntary for functions like defecation.
True or False?
False
Which group of muscles is responsible for functions like skin twitch and have little to no attachment to bone?
Cutaneous
Where is epimysium located?
surrounding a whole muscle
Where is the location of the nervous and muscular system joining?
Neuromuscular junction
What is a unique characteristic of cardiac muscle?
Intercalated discs
What is the connective tissue that connects muscle to bone and allows for movement of the skeletal system?
tendon
What binds with tropomyosin to move it away from myosin binding sites on the actin strands?
A) Calcium
B) Pi
C) None of these
D) ATP
C) None of these
What part of the sarcomere "disappears" once contraction has been acheived?
H band
Is muscle contraction an active or passive process?
active
What type of synapse delivers acetylcholine to a skeletal muscle fiber?
Chemical
What produces the electrical impulse responsible for contraction of the atria?
SA node
What produces the electrical impulse responsible for contraction of the ventricles?
AV node
Blood vessels that carry high pressure, lack valves, and have a high amount of elastin:
Arteries
Term that refers to heart contraction
Systole
Muscular layer of the heart that is responsible for heart contractions:
Myocardium
The valves of the heart are active or passive?
Passive
Circulation that carries blood from the heart to the lungs be reoxygenated:
Pulmonary circulation
During the ventricular contraction, the semilunar valves are-
open
Which of the following is not a quality of hemoglobin?
It gives blood a blue color
3 multiple choice options
What is the formula for calculating cardiac output?
Q = SV x HR
Veins carry ___________ blood ____________ the heart
Deoxygenated, towards
According to Frank Starling relationship, stroke volume and strength of contraction have a positive correlation.
True or False?
True
What structure serves as the separation of the upper and lower respiratory tract?
Larynx
What is the function of goblet cells in the pulmonary system?
Produce mucous which traps dust and moistens air
What type of cartilage makes up the trachea?
Hyaline
What structure is indicated by the arrows?
Primary Bronchi

The left lung has more lobes than the right lung because the heart needs increased oxygen, and it is on the left side of the mediastinum.
True or False?
False
What are the two types of respiration?
Pulmonary and Cellular
Inspiration is a passive process
True or False?
False
As pressure of a pulmonary structure increases, air will rush (in/out
out
Which of the following is NOT a way carbon dioxide is transported?
As Oxyhemoglobin
What is Boyles Law?
As the size of a closed decreases, pressure inside is increased
What is Henrys Law?
The quantity of a gas that dissolves in a liquid depends on the amount of gas present and its solubility coefficient
What is Dalton's Law?
Each gas in a mixture of gases exerts its own pressure
What is the Bohr effect?
As acidity (blood pH lowers) increases, O2 affinity for Hb decreases
Which of the following is not a true characteristic of hemoglobin?
Primary component of WBC
3 multiple choice options
In the formation of a blood clot, ______________ converts to __________________ to. ___________________, which forms a netlike structure that holds the platelet plug in place to form the clot
Thrombin
Fibrinogen
Fibrin
White blood cells that contain granules are associated with innate immunity.
True or False?
True
Which cell type can be associated with an allergy response?
Basophil
Eosinophil
What substance will help with the maintenance of blood pH?
Carbonic acid, Bicarbonate, Ammonium
Which organ associated with the lymphatics system is not surrounded by a capsule?
Tonsils
The spleen has a role in both the vascular system and the lymphatic system.
True or False?
True
Which lymphocyte will carry out an immune response by inducing apoptosis?
Natural Killer Cells
Which lymphocytes produce antibodies?
B cell
Which lymphocyte will attach to antigen complex and destroy antigen?
Killer T cell
Which lymphocyte secrete cytokines?
Helper T cells
Which lymphocyte regulates production of T and B cells through negative feedback mechanisms?
Suppressor T cell
Where does the blood, lymph, and nerve supply enter the kidney?
Hilus
Where is the nephron located?
The structures of the nephron extend into both the medulla and cortex.
Movement of fluid components of blood into the glomerulus and then into the renal tubule
Glomerular filtration
Nutrients, ions and water are removed from filtrate and re enter the ISF
Tubular resorption
Movement of substance from blood back into the fluid of the collecting duct (urine)
Tubular secretion
The ureters will only transport urine in spurts, and otherwise urine will be stored in the nephron before it is transferred to the urinary bladder.
True or False?
False