Exam 22: Organization of the Body

The elbow is ________ to the fingers.

The nerve tissue cells that are smaller, more abundant, and act as support cells for the neurons, even though they do not transmit impulses, are called ________ cells.

The ____ of a cell is usually found near the center of the cell and contains the chromosomes.

Anything that takes up space and has weight is ________.

In which type of tissue are cells separated by a matrix?

Glandular tissue is classified as a type of ____ tissue.

The inability to synthesize the enzyme needed to produce tyrosine results in ____ which, if not detected early, can cause irreversible organ and brain damage.

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

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.

The ________ are two cylindrical organelles near the nucleus that are essential to cell division because they equally distribute chromosomes to the resultant "daughter" cells.

The ____ plane divides the body into inferior and superior portions.

The fingers are ____ to the elbow.

Reproductive cell division is called ________.

The term used to describe inherited traits that are determined by multiple genes is ________ inheritance.

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

Which plane divides the body into right and left portions?

The cell nucleus contains ________, which are threadlike structures made up of DNA.

A frontal, or ________, plane divides the body into anterior and posterior portions.

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