The nurse knows that which cellular component is the control center of a cell? - answer-nucleus
While explaining meiosis to a client, the nurse explains that meiosis ends during which phase? - answer-When four new daughter cells form, each with the haploid number of chromosomes
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Anatomy & Physiology Chapter 3 Exam
The nurse knows that which cellular component is the control center of a
cell? - answer-nucleus
While explaining meiosis to a client, the nurse explains that meiosis ends
during which phase? - answer-When four new daughter cells form, each with
the haploid number of chromosomes
The nurse knows that centromeres move apart and pull the separate
chromosomes to opposite ends of the cell in which phase of mitosis? -
answer-anaphase
The nurse knows that which type of movement requires no energy? - answer-
diffusion
While explaining cellular structures to a client, the nurse knows that which
cellular structure connects all parts of the cytoplasm? - answer-endoplasmic
reticulum
The nurse keeps in mind that which factor influences diffusion? - answer-
Lipid-soluble particles diffuse more rapidly through the lipid layers of the cell
membrane.
The nurse knows that which statement describes osmosis? - answer-
Dissolved particles move from an area of higher concentration to one of
lower concentration
1. In the first meiotic division, the gametes undergo six phases of cell
division. Place all the phases listed below in ascending chronological order.
1. Metaphase
2. Anaphase
3. Telophase
4. Prophase
5. Interphase
6. Interkinesis - answer-5, 4, 1, 2, 3, 6
The nurse knows that which organelle breaks down foreign or damaged
material in a cell? - answer-lysosomes
The nurse understands that which cell structure synthesizes RNA? - answer-
nucleoli
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All of the following membrane transport mechanisms are passive processes
except: - answer-vesicular transport
The principal cations in body fluids are - answer-sodium and potassium
_____ ion concentrations are high in the extracellular fluids, and _____ ion
concentrations are high in the cytoplasm: - answer-sodium; potassium
In a resting transmembrane potential, the inside of the cell is ______ ______,
and the cell exterior is _______. - answer-slightly negative; slightly positive
The process that generates carbon dioxide while removing hydrogen atoms
from organic molecules is - answer-the TCA cycle (krebs cycle)
The reaction sequence in which glucose is broken down into pyruvic acid is -
answer-glycolysis
The construction of a functional polypeptide by using the information
provided by an mRNA strand is - answer-translation
Termination is the final stage in the production of a(n) - answer-protein
The term differentiation refers to - answer-The acquisition of new functional
capabilities by cells
The interphase of the cell life cycle is divided into the following phases: -
answer-G0, G1, S, and G2
Diffusion is important in body fluids because it tends to - answer-Eliminate
local concentration gradients
Osmotic pressure differs from hydrostatic pressure because the osmotic
pressure of a solution is an indication of the force of water movement
resulting from - answer-its solute concentration
When a cell is placed in a ______ solution, the cell will lose water through
osmosis. The process results in the _____ of red blood cells: - answer-
hypertonic; crenation
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