bio 104 week 5
Different-pitched sounds will result in stimulation of receptors located in different regions of
Cochlea
What do the receptors in the skin for light touch and the receptors in the nose for smell have in common?
They both adapt very quickly
Which major digestive process involves nutrient molecules passing across the mucosal layer of the gastrointestinal tract into the blood or lymph
absorption
Malfunction of the lower esophageal sphincter may result in
acid reflux
Which of the following nutrients are digested within the small intestine
all
In what order do the structures of the ear come into play when hearing
auditory canal, tympanic membrane, malleus, cochlea, cochlear nerve
Women are more likely to develop urinary incontinence than men because
childbirth
The watery mixture of partially digested food produced in the stomach is called
chyme
The pancreatic ducts connect to the small intestine at the
duodenum
The process by which undigested material is removed from the gastrointestinal tract is
elimination
during swallowing
epiglottis bends to close the trachea
The kidneys function to maintain homeostasis in all of the following ways EXCEPT which one?
exchanging blood gases
Which urethral sphincter is voluntary
external
Saturated fats differ from unsaturated fats in that saturated fats
have at least two hydrogen atoms for every carbon atom in their fatty acid tails
An insufficient number of particular types of cones causes
impaired color vision
Pain receptors adapt slowly or not at all because
important for survival
Minerals that crystallize in the renal pelvis are referred to as
kidney stones
Bile is produced by the __________ and stored by the
liver, gallbladder
When we adjust our head and eye position to carefully look at something, we are directing the image to focus on
macula
Which of the following indicates the correct order of the structures through which urine would pass during formation and excretion?
nephron, renal pelvis, ureter, bladder, urethra
The optic disc is the area of the eye
optic nerve exits
Which one of the following is considered an accessory digestive organ?
pancreas
When a sound wave first arrives at the ear, the wave is directed toward the auditory canal by
pinna
essential amino acids are
required in diet because the body cannot make them
photoreceptors of the eye are
rods and cones
Which one of the following structures is used to sense rotational movement of the head and body
semicircular canals
Receptor adaptation results when
sensory neurons stop sending action potentials
The region of the digestive tract most responsible for absorption of nutrients
small intestine
All of the following statements about urinary tract infections are true, EXCEPT that
start in kidney
Conduction deafness would most likely be caused by damage to
the malleus, incus, and/or stapes
Your basal metabolic rate is
the number of calories your body needs each day to perform essential activities
Receptors are classified according to
the type of stimulus energy they convert
When urine leaves the kidneys, it enters the
ureter
Which structure is correctly paired with its function?
urethra, transportation of urine
