Review Questions: 1. Why can we expect meiosis to give rise to genctic differences between parent cells and their daughter cells in fewer generations than mitosis?

Q: One of Jeremy’s spinal nerves, C4, was destroyed due to a sport injury. Could any of Jeremy’s muscle...

A: The spinal nerves branch off from the spinal cord to innervate the rest of the body. In the cervical...

Q: How might ones life be affected by the loss of the senses of hearing and tasting?

A: Senses can be defined as the system in the body which encounters the external stimulus. There are fi...

Q: What are the four major types of Motor Unit Disorders?

A: The motor unit is actually the functional unit of muscle contraction and is a single motor nerve and...

Q: A man is homozygous dominant for fair skin and heterozygous for black-straight hair, his wife has br...

A: According to Mendel, traits depends on the genes, which are passed from parent to offspring. Each ge...

Q: Bedsores ________.a. can be treated with topical moisturizersb. can result from deep massagesc. are ...

A: Pressure ulcers are sometimes referred to as pressure sores, representing the damage of the underlyi...

Q: Anatomy and Physiology Question

A: The neurons send signals over long distances by generating and propagating action potentials over ex...

Q: Explain the functions of the thalamus and hypothalamus in details?

A: The brain is the mass of nerve tissue in the anterior end of an organism. It integrates sensory info...

Q: How is genetic information carried from the nucleus to the cytoplasm?

A: Genetic information refers to the genetic inherited or acquired characters of an organism. A person'...

Q: Watch this video (http://openstaxcollege.org/l/micromacro) to learn more about macro- and microstruc...

A: Muscle contraction can be described as a process during which the tension increases in a muscle fibe...

Q: Describe respiratory acidosis and alkalosis and metabolic acidosis and alkalosis

A: Respiratory acid-base diseases usually are due to lung diseases or situations that affect normal bre...

Q: Compare and contrast the right and left lungs.

A: Humans have a pair of respiratory organs called the left and right lung. These lungs are enclosed in...

Q: If a patient with inoperable cancer is treated using a drug that reduces the rate of cell division, ...

A: The circulatory system is one of the major systems of the human body. The circulatory system consist...

Q: Which arrangement best describes a bipennate muscle?a. The muscle fibers feed in on an angle to a lo...

A: A muscle can be defined as the soft tissue present in the body of most animals acting as a source of...

Q: What are the Hormones of the pancreas; insulin, glucagon, somatostatin and their impact on metabolis...

A: The conversion of complex molecules such as proteins and carbohydrates present in the food into the ...

Q: Suppose that a woman runs a long-distance race in the summer. Duringthe race, she loses a large amou...

A: The cells are biological structural and functional units life and are responsible for the execution ...

Q: Identify each of the labe a. b. с. d.

A: Human skeletal system is composed of bones, blood and skin. These are collectively called as connect...

Q: Which of these joints is classified as a synarthrosis?a. the pubic symphysisb. the manubriosternal j...

A: A joint is a connection between the bones. The joints permit different types of movement at differen...

Q: 1. Explain the characteristics of muscle tissue

A: A soft tissue composed of elongated cells is referred to as muscle fiber. The muscle fibers are resp...

Q: List and describe the functions of the different types ofT-lymphocytes and B-lymphocytes

A: A T-cell is a kind of lymphocyte. The T-lymphocyte is formed from hematopoietic stem cell, which are...

Q: Identify the highlighted muscle: A. Rectus Fermoris B. Vastus Intermedius C. Vastus Lateralis D. Vas...

A: The quadriceps femoris is the most voluminous muscle of the human body, it is a hip flexor and a kne...

Q: List all the immunoglobulin classes and tell me what role they play in the immune response.

A: Immunoglobulins, otherwise called antibodies, are glycoprotein particles created by plasma cells. Th...

Q: Watch this video (http://openstaxcollege.org/l/hipjoint1) for a tutorial on the anatomy of the hip j...

A: The skeletal framework includes the entirety of the bones and joints for the body. Each bone is an i...

Q: With the aid of a well labelled diagram describe long bone

A: The bone can be defined as the hard and rigid organ that makes up the vertebrate skeleton in animals...

Q: Describe wave summation in terms of incompletetetanus and complete tetanus

A: Muscle is a soft tissue like structure which is primarily responsible for the movement in the body. ...