Chapter 6- Anatomy and Physiology
What is Chromatin made out of?
DNA
What is the long shaft of the bone called?
Diaphysis
What are the ends of the bone called?
Epiphysis
Which tissue, out of the four, is the main tissue of the skin?
Epithelial
Openings in bones that allow nerves and blood vessel to enter or leave?
Foramina
Jaundice could be a result of what kind of disease?
Gall Bladder and Kidney diseases
Side close to the midline
Median
What is the cavity inside the diaphysis called?
Medullary Canal
Plane that splits the body into left and right sides
Midsagittal
What are special cells that form new blood tissue?
Osteoblasts
Pocket-Like folds in the cell membrane that allow large molecules to enter the cell
Pinocytic Vesicles
What is the basic substance of all life
Protopplasm
What are the three types of Muscle?
Skeletal, Cardiac, and visceral
What is the most common type of cancer?
Skin Cancer
Which blood vessel distributes oxygenated blood to all parts body?
The aorta
Plane that splits the body into a top and bottom half?
Transverse
plane that splits the body into front and back
coronal
back side
dorsal
A membrane that lines the medullary canal and keeps the yellow marrow intact?
endosteum
Where does the absorption of water occur in the digestive system?
large intestine
Side far from the midline
lateral
Membrane that covers the outside of the bone?
periosteum
What is the name of the muscular process for moving food down the oesophagus?
peristalsis
Where is testosterone produced in the body?
the testes
front side
ventral
