Penn Foster Anatomy & Physiology 126 Correctly Answered Questions Latest Update

Why do the pleural surfaces scrape over each other and make breathing painful? {Ans: The pleural surfaces became thickened and roughened by inflammation, a condition called pleuritis or pleurisy}Gustatory Sense {Ans: sense of taste}What is the test for a proprioception deficit {Ans: flip over a foot while the animal is standing and see if the animal corrects the position}Norepinephrine, dopamine, and epinephrine belong to a group of neurotransmitters known as {Ans: catecholamines}Anatomical planes: divides the body into dorsal and ventral parts {Ans: Dorsal plane}What is the largest molecule in the body? {Ans: Nucleic Acid}What does the Chromatin do? {Ans: Regulates protein synthesis and other molecular interactions}Nociceptors are not found in which organ {Ans: brain}Tissue that moves the body inside and out {Ans: Muscle tissue}What is noteworthy about Structural Proteins? {Ans: They are stable, rigid, water insoluble}A group of cells that are similar in structure and perform the same function {Ans: Tissue}What does DNA do? {Ans: Contains all the instructions needed by the cell to build proteins}The _____ connects the two halves of the brain {Ans: corpus callosum}Directional terms: refers to the positions relative to the median plane