Anatomy and Physiology 101 Final Exam Ivy Tech Latest Update 2024 200 Questions and Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
actin - CORRECT ANSWER: a protein that forms (together with myosin) the contractile filaments of muscle cells, and is also involved in motion in other types of cells-- THIN
adduction - CORRECT ANSWER:
Adipose Tissue - CORRECT ANSWER: cushion, insulate, store fat
adipocytes
anabolism - CORRECT ANSWER: anabolism- provides the materials needed for
cellular growth and repair dehydration synthesis
anaphase - CORRECT ANSWER: chromosomes separate and move to centrioles
(opposite ends0
antagonists - CORRECT ANSWER: resist prime movers action and cause movement
in the opposite direction of prime mover
apocrine gland - CORRECT ANSWER: less numerous and found in the armpit, groin,
and around the nipples. Their secretions are thicker, whitish in color, and contain high amounts of proteins. They secrete their product into associated hair follicles. Bacteria feed on this secretion, which produces body odor
aponeurosis - CORRECT ANSWER: a sheet of pearly-white fibrous tissue that takes
the place of a tendon in sheetlike muscles having a wide area of attachment
ascending tracts - CORRECT ANSWER: Carry sensory info to the brain (with three
neurons), from receptor to the somatosensory cortex
atom - CORRECT ANSWER: smallest particle of atom, basic unit of matter
autonomic - CORRECT ANSWER: responsible for control of the bodily functions not
consciously directed, such as breathing, the heartbeat, and digestive processes
base - CORRECT ANSWER: combines in water
basic function of frontal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER: higher intellectual processes,
concentration, planning, complex problem solving, judging consequences of behavior, movement of voluntary skeletal muscle
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basic function of occipital lobe - CORRECT ANSWER: vision, combine visual images with other sensory experiences
basic function of parietal love - CORRECT ANSWER: provide sensations of
temperature, touch, pressure, pain, understanding speech and using words to express thoughts and feelings
basic function of temporal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER: hearing, interpret sensory
experiences, remeber visual scenes, music, and other complex sensory patterns
basic functions of cerebrum - CORRECT ANSWER: interpreting impulses, intiating
voluntary movement, storing information as memory, retrieving stored information, reasoning, seat of intelligence and personality
basic parts of a neuron - CORRECT ANSWER: dendrites, cell body, axon
blood - CORRECT ANSWER: transports, defends, clotting, throughout body
Bone - CORRECT ANSWER: supports, protects, forms blood cells, attachment for
muscles, skeleton
bone function - CORRECT ANSWER: shape, support, and protect body structure,
blood cell formation, salt storage
canaliculi - CORRECT ANSWER: canal or duct
cardiac muscle - CORRECT ANSWER: heart wall, involuntary, striated, intercalated discs, single nuclei
cartilage - CORRECT ANSWER: hyaline- nose, ends of bone
elastic- ear fibrocartilage- intervertebral discs
catabolism - CORRECT ANSWER: breaks down larger molecules into smaller
molecules hydrolosis
centrosome - CORRECT ANSWER: produce cilia and flagella, distribute chromosomes
during cell division
chondrocyte - CORRECT ANSWER: cells of cartilage
chromatin - CORRECT ANSWER: package DNA into a small volume to fit into the
nucleus of a cell and protect the DNA structure and sequence
cilia - CORRECT ANSWER: propel substances across surfaces
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