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Chapter 15: Support, Movement, and Responses

Support, Movement, and Response

1
Which of these is not a tissue layer of skin?
A)epidermis
B)dermis
C)melanin
D)fatty layer
2
What vitamin is made in the skin?
A)A
B)D
C)K
D)B
3
The _______ is the outer most, thinnest layer of skin.
A)fatty layer
B)dermis
C)epidermis
D)nerve ending
4
Which is the most important function of the skin?
A)It forms vitamin D.
B)It regulates body temperature.
C)It provides protection.
D)It provides sensory response.
5
What are the two functions of sweat glands?
A)water and cell exchange
B)hemoglobin and endocrine exchange
C)heat and waste exchange
D)bacteria and virus regulation
6
Which of these is not a type of human muscle tissue?
A)rough
B)skeletal
C)trees
D)cardiac
7
Which of these muscle types is attached to bones by thick bands of tissue called tendons?
A)smooth
B)skeletal
C)cardiac
D)involuntary
8
Muscles that you are able to control are called _______.
A)involuntary muscles
B)cardiac muscles
C)smooth muscles
D)voluntary muscles
9
When the flexor or hamstring muscles of your thigh contract, the lower leg is brought toward the thigh. What happens to the lower leg when the extensor or quadriceps muscles contract?
A)The leg straightens.
B)The flexors contract.
C)The extensors contract.
D)The lower leg is brought toward the thigh.
10
_______ energy is needed for muscle activity.
A)Kinetic
B)Potential
C)Chemical
D)Thermal
11
Where are blood cells made?
A)compact bone
B)marrow
C)periosteum
D)cartilage
12
The end of bones are covered with what?
A)cartilage
B)tendons
C)ligaments
D)muscle
13
Where are human immovable joints found?
A)in the wrist
B)in the skull
C)at the elbow
D)at the neck
14
What type of joint do your elbows have?
A)gliding
B)ball and socket
C)pivot
D)hinge
15
What is the term for any place where two or more bones come together?
A)ligament
B)joint
C)Preservation
D)periosteum
16
How do impulses cross synapses between neurons?
A)They cross by a chemical.
B)They cross by osmosis.
C)They cross through interneurons.
D)They cross through a cell body.
17
What are the neurons called that detect stimuli in the skin and eyes?
A)interneurons
B)synapses
C)sensory neurons
D)motor neurons
18
What does the somatic system of the PNS control?
A)salivary glands
B)neurons
C)skeletal muscles
D)impulses
19
What part of the eye is light finally focused on?
A)lens
B)pupil
C)cornea
D)retina
20
Which of the following is in the inner ear?
A)anvil
B)hammer
C)eardrum
D)cochlea
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