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What mineral is responsible for muscle contractions? - Calcium Calcium and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) must be present for a - muscle cell to contract In which of the following locations would ... the urinary bladder and internal reproductive organs be found? - Pelvic cavity What separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity? - Diaphragm Major body cavities are divided into the dorsal cavity includes the cranial and spinal cavities - ventral cavity includes the orbits and the nasal, oral, thoracic, and abdominopelvic cavities Which of the following epithelial types is correctly matched with its major function? - Simple columnar epithelium—secretion or absorption The four fundamental tissues are - epithelial, connective, muscle, and nerve tissues Epithelial cells - cover, line, and protect the body and its internal organs. Connective tissue is the - framework of the body, providing support and structure for the organs. Nerve tissue is composed of - neurons and connective tissue cells that are referred to as neuroglia. Muscle tissues have the ability to - contract or shorten. A tissue examined under the microscope exhibits the following characteristics: cells found on internal surface of stomach, no extracellular matrix, cells tall and thin, no blood vessels in the tissue. What type of tissue is this? Epithelial - .. Nerve tissue is composed of neurons and connective tissue cells that are referred to as which of the following? - Neuroglia Which tissue serves as the framework of the body by providing support and structure for the organs? - Connective What is the basic unit of life and the building block of tissues and organs? - Cell The cell is the basic unit of life and the building block of tissues and organs. - The nucleus, which contains deoxyribonucleic acid DNA, and ribosomes are especially important in the synthesis of proteins. Which type of cell division takes place in the gonads? - Meiosis Meiosis is the special cell division that takes place in the - gonads, that is, the ovaries and testes. In the process of meiosis, the chromosome number is reduced from 46 to 23, - so when the egg and the sperm unite in fertilization the zygote will have the correct number of chromosomes. In what area of the body would you expect to find an especially thick stratum corneum? - Heel of the foot What are the glands of skin that produce a thin, watery secretion? - Eccrine glands eccrine gland - regulate body temperature by releasing a watery secretion that evaporates from the surface of the skin. in the armpits and groin area, display apocrine secretion. - This secretion contains bits of cytoplasm from the secreting cells. The skin is the largest - organ of the body. The skin consists of two layers: - the epidermis and the dermis [Show More]

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