Place these structures of the skeletal muscle in order from largest to smallest:

1. fascicle

2. myofilament

3. muscle fiber (cell)

4. myofibril

5. sarcomere

Acetylcholine is:

Which of the following is NOT a function of the muscular system?

Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body is

Hold your hand out, palm down then rotate your hand so it is palm up. Which motion did you perform?

What is the smallest component of a skeletal muscle?

A bundle of muscle fibers surrounded by the perimysium is called a

Muscles that have not been used regularly suffer from

The type of muscle tissue pictured above is

Muscles connect directly to bone at the:

Endomysium covers:

Which muscle type performs the main movement?

A sarcomere is:

_______ is NOT a trigger for muscle fatigue.

What is one of the main functions of the small intestine?

The college student who ate spoiled pasta died due to

Which section of the colon is at the beginning of the large intestine?

What anchors the tongue to the floor of the mouth and limits its movements?

What main type of food does the pancreas break down?

Which of the following is NOT a function of the digestive system?

Salivary glands produce which enzyme?

Which of the following is NOT a type of tooth?

Hydrochloric acid is necessary in the stomach for the conversion of pepsinogen into its active protein-digesting form called ________.

The process of physically and chemically breaking food particles down is referred to as ________.

If you are suffering a problem with your digestive system, which doctor would you see?

Food enters the stomach through the _______ sphincter and progresses into the small intestine via the _______ sphincter.

Which disorder is when feces is hardened and difficult to pass?

The portion of the tooth embedded in the jawbone is the ________.

What are the fingerlike projections of the small intestine that increase the absorptive surface area?

The ascending colon travels down the left side of the abdominal cavity, and then it enters the pelvis where it becomes the sigmoid colon.

The pharynx and esophagus have no digestive roles.

The outermost layer of the alimentary canal is the serosa.

The segment of the colon to which the appendix is attached is the cecum.

Elimination of waste from the body occurs at the cecum.

What is the substance called that is released into the synapse between neurons to send a chemical message?

Which type of motor function involves the skeletal muscles?

Which of the following is NOT a neurotransmitter?

Which part of the autonomic nervous system carries out flight or fight signals?

Which function is NOT a main function of the nervous system?

The layer of tissue covering the brain is the

How many pairs of spinal nerves are there?

Which drug does NOT affect the dopamine neurotransmitter?

Which part of the nervous system includes the nerves in the limbs?

Which part of the brain does all your motion originate from?

In the Peripheral nervous system, the Schwann cells form a myelin sheath around the :

Cells that support immune function to the nerve cell are called

An SSRI may help to resolve what condition?

Cells that provide blood to the nerve cell from blood vessels are called

If your body is "resting and digesting", which part of the nervous system is active?

The pointed end of the heart is called the

Where does blood flow after entering the left ventricle?

Heart relaxation is

The heart has how many valves?

A heart rate that is substantially slower is

Pulmonary veins:

The aorta is classified as one of these vessels

Which direction does blood flow?

If each small box represents 0.04 seconds, how many seconds is the Pwave on this EKG?

An EKG shows the electrical signals that cross the lungs.

The myocardium is the layer that is in between the endocardium and epicardium of the pericardium.

A hole in the heart is a result of a septal defect.

Blood is supposed to flow back and forth in two directions when it moves through valves.

Oxygen-poor blood is pumped through the vena cava to the right side of the heart, and then through the pulmonary arteries to the lungs and back to the left side of the heart

Peripheral veins carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart.

Your aorta branches off into several arteries.

The heart consists of 5 chambers.

What is the role of mucus in the nasal cavity:

Where are the respiratory centers housed which control involuntary breathing rates:

What is the most common cause for lung cancer:

When oxygen enters the respiratory system, what is the next structure to which it travels immediately upon leaving the trachea:

Following the removal of the larynx, a person would be unable to:

The cells on the surface of the alveoli are

The opening between the vocal cords is called the:

Which one of the following structures is NOT part of the respiratory zone:

The back of the throat is called the

Gas exchange occurs in the:

Expiration (exhalation) occurs when:

The division of the trachea produces two tubes called the right and left main (primary) bronchi.

The most important stimulus for breathing in a healthy person is the body's need to rid itself of the blood gas called oxygen.

Respiratory capacities are measured with a spirometer.

The general term for inadequate oxygen delivery to body tissues regardless of the cause is called hypoxia.

Gas exchange between the blood and tissue cells is called internal respiration.

The ciliated cells of the nasal mucosa propel contaminated mucus posteriorly toward the pharynx.

The inspiratory muscles that contract so we can inspire air are the diaphragm and intercostals.

The lungs of the fetus are filled with air late in pregnancy.

Isometric contractions produce:

Smooth muscle cells are:

Which type of muscle tissue is shown here:

A muscle whose action opposes the action of the prime mover is the

Which of the following is NOT a function of the muscular system:

Which muscle type keeps the main muscle from rotating as it moves?

The muscle above has separating the muscle cells

A single, brief, jerky muscle contraction is termed:

If a muscle is exercised and grows in size, it undergoes:

Voluntary muscle tissue is

Muscle fatigue may be attributed to which of the following:

Point your toes. What movement did you perform?

In this exercise, the contractions of the muscles are

Which is NOT an effect of exercise on muscle tissue?

Which image below, lines the hollow organs of the body?

What ceramic-like substance covers the crown of a tooth?

Which section of the colon is just before the rectum?

Digested molecules that leave the stomach through the alimentary canal would subsequently enter the _______.

Which organ is responsible for drying out indigestible food residue through water absorption and the elimination of feces?

What is the food paste in your stomach called?

The propulsive process that moves food from one organ to the next is called ________.

Which sphincter, or valve, controls food movement from the stomach into the small intestine?

Which one of the following is NOT a subdivision of the large intestine?

Which disorder is NOT caused by bacteria or a virus?

Bile is formed by the ________ and stored in the ________.

How many types of salivary glands are there?

Large wrinkle-like folds in the stomach lining, present when the stomach is empty, that allow for expansion when the stomach is filling are called ________.

Which membrane holds the small intestine in place?

What are the three subdivisions of the small intestine?

Which of the following is disorder that affects the liver?

The brain plays a role in your digestive system.

Wisdom teeth are considered necessary for proper digestion.

Wisdom teeth typically emerge later in life around age 30-40.

Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest meat.

The mucosa is the outermost lining of the alimentary canal organs from the esophagus to the large intestine.

To create muscle memory to perform a task like tying your shoe or riding a bike, you must form a

A reflex that does not travel to the brain is called a

Smooth muscles and glands are part of what area of the peripheral nervous system?

The space between two communicating neurons is called

How many cranial nerves are there?

Which part of the brain do you do all your thinking with?

Which is the correct order of a nerve impulse?

Which part of the nervous system includes the spinal cord?

Which part of the nervous system includes the brain?

Nerves that travel from the brain to the muscles are on the

Nerves that travel to the brain are on the

White matter refers to myelinated fibers in the

Neurons with several process branching off the cell body are classified as

The two ions that are most important in neural impulses are

What structure in the brain does NOT make up the limbic system?

Pulmonary circulation involves blood flow to and from the heart and the:

These vessels carry blood away from the heart

Where does blood flow after entering the pulmonary artery?

Why is the heart muscle so thick?

_____ is the smaller number on a blood pressure reading, when the ventricle relaxes.

To show that these carry oxygen rich blood, they are colored red. What type of peripheral blood vessel are they?

The sack-like structure around the heart is the

Which side of the heart has oxygen poor blood?

What returns blood from the lungs to the heart?

Which side of the heart has oxygen rich blood?

For blood to travel from chamber to chamber, it must move through

Where does blood flow after entering the left ventricle?

Your blood pressure measures how hard your heart is pushing blood through your blood vessels.

All coronary diseases are a result of a genetic defect and never from lifestyle choices.

The sepulcher separates the right and left sides of the heart.

Your heart is located in the mediastinum.

Your heart can continue pumping even if your brain is not working.

Pulmonary circulation sends blood to the rest of the body but not the lungs.

During ventricular systole, the aortic valve closes.

Oxygen-poor blood is pumped through the vena cava to the right side of the heart, and then through the pulmonary arteries to the lungs and back to the left side of the heart

The flap of elastic cartilage that protects food from entering the larynx when swallowing is the:

These projections on the inner walls of the nasal cavity increase air turbulence and increase surface area exposed to the air

Air from the nasal cavity enters the superior portion of the pharynx called the:

Hyperventilation leads to all of the following except:

Contaminated mucus is removed from the lower respiratory passageways, such as the trachea, by:

The lipid molecule critical to lung function that coats the gas-exposed alveolar surfaces is called:

Which congenital respiratory disease results in the oversecretion of mucus and clogging of respiratory passageways:

Exchange of both oxygen and carbon dioxide through the respiratory membrane occurs by:

Tertiary bronchioles eventually terminate in:

Which one of the following terms does NOT apply to the nose:

Inspiration occurs when you ____________, while expiration occurs when you ___________:

The respiratory conducting passageways perform all of the following functions EXCEPT:

The lungs are housed in the mediastinum of the thoracic cavity.

The function of the C-rings of hyaline cartilage in the trachea is to keep the airway open for breathing.

The "guardian of the airways" that prevents food from entering the superior opening of the larynx is the thyroid cartilage.

The tonsils are located in the larynx.

The opening between the vocal folds is called the trachea.

Sudden inspirations resulting from spasms of the diaphragm are hiccups.

The air sacs of the lungs are called bronchioles.

The larynx routes air and food into their proper channel and plays an important role in speech production.

Exercises that involve muscle movement and shortening are called:

When a neuron sends an electrical impulse to a muscle, what chemical is released to trigger the contraction?

Hold out your hand, palm up. Now move it to be palm down. What motion did you perform?

The movement opposite to abduction is:

The entire muscle is surrounded by the

What is the top, curved area of the stomach called?

A stabbing victim sustained a perforation to his large intestine. From the outermost layer to the innermost layer, what is the order in which the knife penetrated his intestine?

The bumps on your tongue are called .

Which one of the following represents the correct order through which food passes in the alimentary canal?