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Metals are both good heat and electrical conductors due to looseness of outer electrons in metal atoms. A good heat conductor poor insulator. A poor conductor of heat is a good insulator Your toes feel warmer on a rug than on a tile floor because the rug is a better insulator than tile If you…

A sculpture intended by the artist to move is called ________ sculpture. a. a kineticb. an armaturec. a motion-detector d. a fluted A. Kinetic All sculptures have this characteristic in common: a. they exist in three-dimensional spaceb. they are made of solid materialsc. they are meant to last for many years d. they are created…

False Condyles are found in the axial skeleton only. True Trochanters are unique to the femur. False The mastoid process cannot be palpated on a living person. False Paranasal sinuses are lined by mucous membranes, and filled with mucus True The optic foramen belongs to the sphenoid bone. False Sutures are found in the cranial…

The somatic nervous system (from the Greek soma – body) is a part of the human nervous system, which is a combination of afferent (sensory) and efferent (motor) nerve fibers that innervate muscles (skeletal in vertebrates), skin, joints. The somatic system is a part of the peripheral nervous system that delivers motor (motor) and sensory…

1) The spinal cord is part of the ________ nervous system. A) peripheral B) somatic C) central D) autonomic E) afferent C) central 2) The ________ is a strand of fibrous tissue that provides longitudinal support to the spinal cord as a component of the coccygeal ligament. A) conus medullaris B) filum terminale C) cauda…

When you go to pick strawberries, you are easily able to separate the ripe red berries from the green foliage, the white blossoms and the green, still-forming berries. This has led to the suggestion that _____.​ color vision may have evolved for the express purpose of detecting fruit Uchikawa et al. demonstrated how _____ can…

Both males and females have accessory reproductive organs, including ducts through which gametes are carried. True False True The male homologue to the labia majora is the: Scrotum Puberty is initiated when a region of the brain begins secreting: Gonadotropin-releasing hormone Prior to puberty, the anterior pituitary does not release FSH and LH. True False…

Which of the following is NOT an autonomic nervous system (ANS) effector? skeletal muscle Which of the following is NOT associated with the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system (ANS)? emergency action Which autonomic neurons release norepinephrine as a neurotransmitter? sympathetic postganglionic neurons Conduction through the autonomic efferent chain is faster than conduction in…

When PowerPoint starts, it displays a blank presentation in ____ view. normal Normal view displays slides one at a time in the ____. Slide pane The ____ is the first slide in a PowerPoint presentation. title slide There are ____ text placeholders on the Title slide. 2 A commonly used layout is the ____ layout….

Term Definition cerebello cerebellum cerebro cerebrum duro dura mater encephalo brain glio glial cells lepto thin, slender meingo, meningio meninges myo muscle myelo spinal cord neuro nerve ponto pons radiculo nerve root thalamo thalamus theco sheath vago vagus nerve algeso, -algesia excessive sensitivity to pain -algia pain causo burning comato deep sleep esthesio, -esthesia feeling,…