Chapter 1-4 MC Questions

simple squamous

Which of the following is the epithelial tissue that lines the interior of blood vessels?

organ

A collection of similar tissues that performs a specific function is an ________.

polar covalent bonds

A molecule of ammonia contains one atom of nitrogen and three atoms of hydrogen. These are linked with ________.

breaking down stored energy

C.J. is stuck in her car during a bitterly cold blizzard. Her body responds to the cold by ________.

exercise physiologist

A scientist wants to study how the body uses foods and fluids during a marathon run. This scientist is most likely a(n) ________.

salt

A substance formed of crystals of equal numbers of cations and anions held together by ionic bonds is called a(n) ________.

stores energy for use by body cells

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is an important molecule because it ________.

a control center

After you eat lunch, nerve cells in your stomach respond to the distension (the stimulus) resulting from the food. They relay this information to ________.

pleuripotency, multipotency, oligopotency, unipotency

Arrange the following terms in order of increasing specialization: oligopotency, pleuripotency, unipotency, multipotency.

regional anatomy

Which of the following specialties might focus on studying all of the structures of the ankle and foot?

mesenchyme

In adults, new connective tissue cells originate from the ________.

sum of all chemical reactions in an organism

Metabolism can be defined as the ________.

skeletal muscle only

Striations, cylindrical cells, and multiple nuclei are observed in ________.

skeletal system

The body system responsible for structural support and movement is the ________.

protons

The characteristic that gives an element its distinctive properties is its number of ________.

down; concentration

The diffusion of substances within a solution tends to move those substances ________ their ________ gradient.

axon

The nerve impulse travels down a(n) ________, away from the cell body.

differentiation

The process by which a less specialized cell matures into a more specialized cell is called _____.

midsagittal plane

To make a banana split, you halve a banana into two long, thin, right and left sides along the ________.

differentiation

Cancer cells can be characterized as "generic" cells that perform no specialized body function. Thus cancer cells lack ________.

cells, ground substance, and protein fibers

Connective tissue is made of which three essential components?

osteocytes

In bone, the main cells are ________.

columnar

In observing epithelial cells under a microscope, the cells are arranged in a single layer and look tall and narrow, and the nucleus is located close to the basal side of the cell. The specimen is what type of epithelial tissue?

more than 80 neutrons each

On the periodic table of the elements, mercury (Hg) has an atomic number of 80 and a mass number of 200.59. It has seven stable isotopes. The most abundant of these probably have ________.

mitochondria

Skeletal muscle is composed of very hard working cells. Which organelles do you expect to find in abundance in skeletal muscle cell?

sweat glands to increase their output

Stimulation of the heat-loss center causes ________.

synthesis

The bonding of calcium, phosphorus, and other elements produces mineral crystals that are found in bone. This is an example of a(n) ________ reaction.

myoblasts

The cells of muscles, myocytes, develop from ________.

mediastinum

The heart is within the ________.

superior to the popliteal region

The lumbar region is ________.

oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen

Together, just four elements make up more than 95 percent of the body's mass. These include ________.

nucleus; cytoplasm

Transcription and translation take place in the ________ and ________, respectively.

None of the above

What is the position of the body when it is in the "normal anatomical position?"

an ion

When an atom donates an electron to another atom, it becomes

astrocytes

Which of the following central nervous system cells regulate ions, regulate the uptake and/or breakdown of some neurotransmitters, and contribute to the formation of the blood-brain barrier?

hydrogen and hydrogen

Which of the following combinations of atoms is most likely to result in a chemical reaction?

production of proteins

Which of the following is a function of the rough ER?

amino

Which of the following is a functional group that is part of a building block of proteins?

H2

Which of the following is a molecule, but not a compound?

DNA contains alternating sugar-phosphate molecules whereas RNA does not contain sugars

Which of the following is not a difference between DNA and RNA?

embryonic

Which of the following is not a type of tissue? (muscle, nervous, embryonic, epithelial)

Covalent bonds are stronger than ionic bonds

Which of the following statements about chemical bonds is true?

All classes of nutrients are essential to human survival

Which of the following statements about nutrients is true?

stratified columnar

Which type of epithelial tissue specializes in moving particles across its surface and is found in airways and lining of the oviduct

Catabolic, exergonic, and decomposition

________ reactions release energy.