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Exam 2: BIOS 255 / BIOS255 (2024/ 2025 Update) Anatomy and Physiology III Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A -Chamberlain Q: why is the tunica media thicker in arteries than veins? Answer: they supply more pressure to blood Q: what are the only blood vessels that contain valves? Answer: veins and venules Q: what do valves do? Answer: prevent back flow of blood Q: what is an artery Answer: blood vessels that transports...

HESI A2 ENTRANCE EXAM: READING COMPREHENSION, CHEMISTRY, GRAMMAR, BIOLOGY, VOCABULARY & GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, CRITICAL THINKING, ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY AND MATH VERSION 2 (With answers) Reading Comprehension Neurologists and biological psychologists have witnessed a sharp increase in the knowledge and understanding of particular structures of the brain over the past two decades. As technology becomes ever more advanced, scientists are able to isolate the functions of even small regions of ...

HONDROS BIO 117 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2024/2025 (100% Verified) Which layer of the heart is found on the inside? - ANSWER Endocardium The heart is positioned in-between what? - ANSWER The lungs Which layer of the heart is the thickest and is made of cardiac muscle? - ANSWER Myocardium The base of the heart is located at the... - ANSWER at the 2nd rib What fluid can be found between the visceral and parietal pericardium? - ANSWER Serous fluid What are the layers of the h...

Oligodendrocytes - Form myelin sheath in CNS Microglia - Act as phagocytes to remove pathogens, impurities, and dead neurons Ependymal - A type of CNS supporting cell; lines the central cavities of the brain and spinal cord; synthesize CSF and promote its movement cervical nodes - located in the neck in deep and superficial groups, drain parts of head and neck axillary nodes - located in armpits what are the parts of the lymphatic system? - tonsils, thymus, spleen, peyer patch, small intes...

GCU BIO-202 EXAM 2 100% PASS VERIFIED Questions and Answers what are the functions of an artery - ANSWER maintain blood pressure even when the heart relaxes ; carries out blood what are the functions of a vein - ANSWER returns deoxygenated blood back into heart what the functions of the arteriole - ANSWER transports blood from arteries to capillaries what are the functions of the venue - ANSWER a very small blood vessel, always allows blood to return from capillary beds to drain...

WEST COAST EMT BLOCK 2 EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS RATED A+ what is respiration? Correct Answer The process of transferring energy from glucose which goes on in every cell. Oxygen/CO2 moving in and out of the cells/lungs What is negative pressure breathing? Correct Answer Muscle contractions expand lungs, lowering air pressure inside and allow air to be pulled into lungs. What are the different layers of blood vessels and what are the functions? ...

ARDMS Abdomen Board question and answers graded A+ already passed 20233 layers of Aorta - correct answer Tunica Intima, Tunica Media, Tunica Adventitia What is the tunica intima made of - correct answer endothelial cells (inner layer) What is the tunica media made of - correct answer muscle, thicker and more organized layer in arteries (middle layer) What is the tunica adventitia made of - correct answer epithelial cells (outer layer) Where does the aorta arise from - correct answer ...

NBE SCIENCE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS The lower jaw is commonly called the Mandible According to the canon of beauty, the length of the head is divided into halves by: the line of eye closure. The facial marking which is classified as natural Labiomental sulcus The transverse dipping furrows of the anterior neck Platysmal sulci The distance across base of nose is approximately the width of ________ eye(s). One What are acceptable corrective treatments for protruding eyes...

ARDMS (RVT) Ultrasound Vascular Registry Review Questions with 100% Correct answers Ultrasound Vascular Registry Review Questions with 100% Correct answers What is the first branch of the aortic arch? Innominate artery/ Brachiocephalic Name the three branches of the aortic arch? a. Innominate artery/ Brachiocephalic b. Lt CCA c. Lt Subclavian artery The radial artery runs on what side of the forearm? Lateral side The radial artery branches to form what part of the palmar arch? Supe...

BIOL 235 Human Anatomy and Physiology Assignment 3 Questions and correct Answers (Correctly Explained). 1. Some patients who suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure) are prescribed medications that are in the category of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. Explain why these drugs are used to combat hypertension. When blood volume falls or blood flow to the kidneys decreases, juxtaglomerular cells in the kidneys secrete renin into the bloodstream. In sequence, renin and ang...

Largest Organ of the body correct answers The Skin Two layers of the skin correct answers Epidermis and Dermis Epidermis correct answers top layer of skin Stratum Corneum correct answers Outermost layer of the epidermis, which consists of flattened, keratinized cells Define Pressure Ulcers correct answers Described as impaired skin integrity related to unrelieved, prolonged pressure, usually over a boney prominence Pressure Ulcer Risk Factors correct answers -decreased mobility -...