Exam 21: Organization of the Body

________ contains the genetic information of cells and is found in the nucleus of the cell.

The toes are inferior and _________ to the knees.

Which of the following is primarily used to make energy?

Which of the following is a life-threatening disease that mainly affects the lungs and pancreas?

Medical professionals often use the following terms to describe how the body is divided into sections: sagittal, midsagittal, transvers, and ________, or coronal.

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a quick, easy method for making millions of copies of any fragment of ________.

The thoracic cavity is ____ to the abdominal cavity.

A structure that is closer to the surface of the body than a second structure is ________ to the second structure.

The organelles known as ________ perform the digestive function for the cell.

Which of the following is made up of phospholipids, proteins, cholesterol, and carbohydrates and is very thin and selectively permeable?

What type of tissue specializes in sending electrical messages?

Which anatomical position are the fingers compared to the elbow?

In the first stage of mitosis, or ________, the centrioles that have replicated just prior to the onset of mitosis move to opposite ends of the cell.

The study of what matter is made of and how it changes is ________.

Homologous chromosomes carry the same genes that code for a particular trait, but the genes may be of different forms, called ________.

A person's ________ is the same for every cell, tissue, and organ.

The cardiovascular system is ____.

The genetic information for the body is located in ____.

Atoms that bond together make up ________.

The largest nerve tissue cells, which transmit impulses, are called ________.