Human Anatomy A Study Guide

The movement of the substances through the cell membrane against their concentration gradient is a type of ______ Process.

Active

The Vertebral region is ________ to the sternal region.

Dorsal (posterior)

The component of a control system that provides the means for the control centers response (output) us called the?

Effector

Intercalated discs found in cardiac muscle tissue are?

Gap junctions

What leads to increase in the rate of chemical reaction?

Increased temp.

What type of bond results when electrons are completely transferred from 1 atom to another?

Ionic Bond

Crural means?

Leg

What refers to all of the chemical reactions in the body?

Metabolism

Characteristics that best describe cardiac muscle tissue?

Movement is involuntary and cells possess striations

What is constructed of many collagen fibers?

Scar tissue

Pleura and pericardium =

Serous

Type of muscle found in the walls of hollow organs, like stomach and in the walls of blood vessels is?

Smooth muscle

Vertebral means?

Spine area

Order of elements in the control center?

Stimulus, receptor, afferent pathway, control center, efferent pathway, effector, Response

The femoral region is________ to the crural region.

Superior(proximal)

What membrane lines the fibrous capsule surrounding joints?

Synovial

Connective tissue membrane?

Synovial membrane.

What occurs when acid is added to a solution with a ph of 7

The ph drops below 7

What does Femoral mean?

Thigh

Why is ATP categorized as a nucleic acid?

ATP is a modified nucleotide with three phosphate groups, ribose, and adenine.

The building blocks of proteins are?

Amino acids

The building blocks of all matter are known as ?

Atoms

Achilles is what type of tissue?

Dense connective tisse

What type of connective tissue is Avascular?

Cartilage

Correct sequence from simplest to most complex, in levels of structural organization of Human body?

Chemical level, Cellular Level, Organ level, Organ system level, Organismal level

Sternal means?

Chest area

Type of tissue consisting of cells embedded in an extracellular matrix is a ________ tissue.

Connective

Only dry membrane

Cutaneous membrane.

Cellular material located outside the nucleus yet inside the plasma membrane is the ?

Cytoplasm

Bone is what type of tissue?

Osseous tissue

Layer of serous membrane that covers an organ is?

Visceral layer