How much blood does the human body contain? - ANS b)eight to 10 pints
What is a nutritive fluid flowing through the circulatory system? - ANS b) blood
What are platelets? - ANS a) blood components that contribute to the blood clotting process
What is the study of tiny structures found in living tissue? - ANS c) histology
What is one reason estheticians should study body systems, organs, and tissue? - ANS d) To
understand the effect that services have on the body
What is protoplasm? - ANS b) Substance of which the cells of all living things are composed
What is the process of cell reproduction called? - ANS c) mitosis
What is the sternum? - ANS a) Flat bone that forms the ventral support of the ribs
What is the fluid part of the blood that carries food and secretions to the cells and carbon
dioxide from the cells? - ANS c) plasma
What is true of the origin part of a muscle? - ANS d) it is attached to the skeleton
What are the structures composed of specialized tissues and performing specific functions? -
ANS b) organs
Why does the parathyroid gland regulate blood calcium and phosphorous levels? - ANS b) so
the nervous and muscular systems can function properly
What is true of the pituitary gland? - ANS a) It is the most complex organ of the endocrine
system
What organ in the endocrine system secretes enzyme-producing cells that are responsible for
digesting carbohydrates, proteins, and fats? - ANS a) pancreas
What are the secretions that the endocrine glands release directly into the bloodstream and that
influence the welfare of the entire body? - ANS d) hormones
What is the primary function of the respiratory system? - ANS d) breathing
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