ATI TEAS V7 EXAM QUESTIONS

• Ventral cavity


  Subdivided into the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities
• Ovarian cells


  Mutations in these cells can be inherited by offspring
• Complementary DNA strand


  5'AGCTAGCGT 3' -> 3'TCGATCGCA5'
• Gastrointestinal system


  Develops from the same origin tissues as lungs
• Mass


  Measured in milligrams (mg)
• Carbon dioxide movement into alveoli

  Diffusion down a concentration gradient
• Gas


  An equal mass could completely fill either a 100ml or 500ml container
• Hypothalamus


  Releases chemicals that regulate the pituitary gland
• Urea


  Excreted by sweat glands in response to the breakdown of protein and formation of ammonia
• Excretion


  The removal of metabolic waste from the body
• Nervous tissue


  Permanent damage causes paralysis
• Inhalation


  The diaphragm moves downwards
• Myosin


  Directly responsible for forming cross bridges with actin molecules during muscle contractions
• Superior vena cava


  Carries blood from the upper body to the right atrium of the heart
• Histones


  Proteins associated with DNA
• Dermis


  Contains glands and hair follicles
• Tendons


  Attach skeletal muscles to bones
• Cell membrane


  Present in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
• Carbohydrates


  Composed of monosaccharides
• Carbon


  Has the smallest atomic radius
• Epiglottis


  A flap of cartilage that prevents the movement of food into the trachea
• Amylase


  Pancreatic secretion that digests starch into disaccharides
• Cell placed in hypertonic solution


  Net flow of water out of the cell
• Triple point


  The temperature and pressure where the solid, liquid, and gaseous states of a substance exist simultaneously
• Peripheral nervous system and central nervous system


  The two major parts of the nervous system
• Plasma B cells


  Produce and release antibodies
• The body was frozen in the cold temperature of the Alps shortly after he died and remained frozen until it was found
• Nitrogen gas


  Extremely stable due to its structure containing triple covalent bonds
• Catalyst


  Causes the reaction to be completed in a shorter amount of time
• Melanin


  Protects the skin from ultraviolet radiation
• Diffusion down a concentration gradient


  The process that causes most of the carbon dioxide from the blood to move into the alveoli
• Osmosis


  The type of transport where water flows through aquaporins in the plasma membrane in a hypertonic solution
• The hydrogen-ion concentration of pH 4 solutions is 100,000 times stronger than pH 9 solutions
• Spectrophotometer


  Can be used to measure the turbidity of a liquid by measuring the transmission of light through the sample
• Diastole


  The relaxation of the chambers of the heart during the cardiac cycle
• Lithium


  Has 3 protons
• Publishing scientific findings


  Allows other scientists to validate or disapprove the findings
• Carbonic acid


  Responsible for donating H+ ions to act as a buffer when blood pH rises
• Hypothalamus


  Synthesizes antidiuretic hormones
• Ovulation


  The process where an ovarian follicle matures and releases a reproductive egg