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What is the body cavity in which the heart is located (by itself)?
pericardial cavity
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What is the body cavity in which the spinal cord is located (by itself)?
spinal cavity
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The power of the ocular lens multiplied by the power of the objective lens used is equal to the -----.
total magnification
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What cytoskeletal element is primarily composed of actin?
microfilaments
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What paired, cylindrical bodies direct the formation of the mitotic spindle during cell division?
centrioles
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The daughter chromosomes separate during which phase of mitosis?
anaphase
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What do we call a loose connective tissue containing reticular fibers?
reticular connective tissue
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What do we call a loose connective tissue containing both collagen and elastin fibers, and in which the primary cell type is the fibroblast?
areolar connective tissue
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What do we call a dense connective tissue containing a fluid matrix and populated primarily by erythrocytes and leukocytes?
blood
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Epithelial tissues are classified by what two criteria?
cell shape and number of layers
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What do we call a muscular tissue in which the cells are striated, multinucleate, and parallel to one another?
skeletal muscle tissue
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What primary type of tissue is excitable but not contractile?
nervous tissue
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What are the primary functional cells of nervous tissue called?
neurons
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What are the cell junctions between cardiac muscle cells called?
intercalated discs
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Identify one location in the body where hyaline cartilage is found.
nose
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Identify one location in the body where adipose connective tissue is found.
hypodermis
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Identify one location in the body where transitional epithelium is found.
urinary bladder
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areolar connective tissue
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reticular connective tissue
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What is the name of the membrane lining the organ within the pleural cavity?
visceral pleura
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What is the body cavity in which a single lung is located?
pleural cavity
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A plane of section that runs parallel to the long axis of the body and divides it into unequal right and left halves is called a ----- section.
parasagittal
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What cytoskeletal elements are stable and resist mechanical forces acting on the cell?
intermediate filaments
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DNA replication occurs during which phase of the cell cycle?
interphase
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The nuclear membrane disappears during which phase of mitosis?
late prophase
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What do we call a dense connective tissue containing an amorphous matrix and populated primarily by chondrocytes?
hyaline cartilage
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What do we call a muscular tissue in which the cells are non-striated, uninucleate, and spindle shaped?
smooth muscle tissue
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Identify one location in the body where dense regular connective tissue is found.
tendons
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Identify one location in the body where dense irregular connective tissue is found.
dermis of skin
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Identify one location in the body where pseudostratified columnar epithelium is found.
trachea
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What is the name of the membrane lining the walls of the abdominal cavity?
parietal peritoneum
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What is the general term denoting a membrane that lines the walls of certain ventral body cavities?
parietal serosa
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A plane of section that runs parallel to the long axis of the body and divides it into equal right and left halves is called a ----- section.
midsagittal
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The nuclear membrane reforms during which phase of mitosis?
telophase
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The chromatin condenses during which phase of mitosis?
early prophase
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What do we call an epithelial tissue that is composed of cells that are higher than they are wide and appears to be multi-layered, even though it is only one cell layer thick?
psuedostratified columnar epithelium
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osseous connective tissue
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connective tissue root sheath
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What tiny spherical bodies, composed of RNA and protein, are the actual sites of protein synthesis?
ribosomes
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What cytoskeletal element is primarily composed of tubulins and helps determine the shape of the cell?
microtubule
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