front 1 Tissues are composed of cells, and tissues functioning together make up | back 1 organs |
front 2 Of the following choices, the epithelium with the shortest diffusion distance is | back 2 simple squamous epithelium |
front 3 Connective tissues typically have | back 3 relatively few cells and a large amount of extracellular matrix. |
front 4 If you gently twist your earlobe, it does not remain distorted because it contains | back 4 elastin fibers |
front 5 In a typical nerve cell, the nucleus is found in the | back 5 cell body |
front 6 Choose the list that presents the four stages of food processing in the order in which they naturally occur. | back 6 ingestion → digestion → absorption → elimination |
front 7 Animals that migrate great distances would obtain the greatest energetic benefit of storing chemical energy as | back 7 fats |
front 8 The fat-soluble vitamins include | back 8 Vitamin A |
front 9 The large surface area in the gut directly facilitates | back 9 absorption |
front 10 Because the foods eaten by animals are often composed largely of macromolecules, this requires the animals to have mechanisms for | back 10 enzymatic hydrolysis. |
front 11 The fluid that moves around in the circulatory system of a typical arthropod is | back 11 the interstitial fluid. |
front 12 A portal system is | back 12 a vessel or vessels connecting two capillary beds. |
front 13 Which of the following pairs of mammalian blood vessels has blood that is the least similar in its gas content? | back 13 the pulmonary vein and the jugular vein |
front 14 Among the following choices, which organism likely has the highest systolic pressure? | back 14 giraffe |
front 15 Among these choices, the biggest set that includes only those "cells" that lack nuclei is | back 15 platelets and erythrocytes |