Exam 20: Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function

Assume you have scratched a mosquito bite and,in the process,damaged some of your stratified squamous epithelial cells.What will happen?

An organ system consists of

Geckos are able to walk up walls and across ceilings because of

Which of the following is a type of connective tissue?

Structure in the living world is organized into hierarchical levels.Which of the following lists these from least inclusive to most inclusive?

Which of the following tissues can currently be produced artificially and has been successfully used in human transplants?

Some animals have evolved a body form that allows them to run very fast,while others run more slowly.Whereas a cheetah can run at speeds over 50 mph,an elephant can barely run at 15 mph.The most important physical factor behind this variance is the difference in

A physiologist is a biologist who studies

The connection between structure and _ is a basic concept of biology.

An organ represents a higher level of structure than the tissue composing it and performs functions that the tissues cannot perform alone.This is an example of the principle of

Most homeostasis depends on

Connective tissue is different from the other major tissue types in that

When body temperature is too high,which of the following occurs?

Epithelial tissues

Which is the most abundant kind of tissue in an animal,such as a gorilla?

Which of the following best represents an adaptation to increase surface- to- volume ratio?

Which type of epithelial tissue shown is a stratified tissue?

Which of the following imaging techniques is used for visualizing areas of high or low metabolic activity?

The liquid part of the blood that consists of water,salts,and dissolved proteins is known as

The structural and functional unit of nervous tissue is the