HBS Semester-A Review

What term means AWAY from the midline of the body?

• Medial
• Lateral
• Contralateral
• Ipsilateral

Which of the following is NOT a function of the skeleton?

• Production of blood cells
• Gives the body form
• Protects internal organs
• Creates Movement

How do restriction enzymes cut DNA?

• making random cuts
• following programmed instructions
• recognize sequences
• making cuts at every 12 base pairs

Tissue that is used to transmit messages throughout the body is _____ tissue.

• muscle
• nervous
• connective
• adipose

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What are the THREE types of Muscles?

• cold, hot, and warm
• Smooth, Rough, and Skeletal
• Skeletal, Smooth, and Cardiac

Motor neurons carry impulses __________ the brain

• towards

• away from

• within

Which of the following describes the function of the Na/K Pumps in the neuron membrane?

• depolarizing the cell by allowing Na into the cell

• repolarizing the cell by allowing K out of the cell

• rearranging Na and K back to return cell to resting state

The dendrites of a neuron carry a stimulus

• Towards the cell body

• Away from the cell body

• Through the cell body

Neurotransmitters are stored in which structure of the neuron?

• Cell body

• Dendrite

• Axon terminals

Myelin is located on the ____________ and functions to ____________ nerve transmission.

• dendrite - speed up

• dendrite - slow down

• axon - speed up

• axon - slow down