The cranial cavity contains the brain.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Question 2) The clear gel inside a cell is called ________.
A) matrix
B) interstitial fluid
C) ground substance
D) tissue fluid
E) cytosol
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Question 3) Circumduction is limited to ball-and-socket joints.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Question 4) What are the major branches of the abdominal aorta from superior to inferior?
A) Celiac trunk, superior mesenteric artery, renal arteries, gonadal arteries, inferior mesenteric artery, and common iliac arteries
B) Superior mesenteric artery, celiac trunk, renal arteries, gonadal arteries, inferior mesenteric artery, and common iliac arteries
C) Superior mesenteric artery, celiac trunk, gonadal arteries, renal arteries, inferior mesenteric artery, and common iliac arteries
D) Celiac trunk, superior mesenteric artery, gonadal arteries, renal arteries, inferior mesenteric artery, and common iliac arteries
E) Superior mesenteric artery, inferior mesenteric artery, celiac trunk, gonadal arteries, renal arteries, and common iliac arteries
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Question 5) Which of the following describes the duplicity theory of vision?
A) A single type of receptor system cannot produce both high sensitivity and high resolution.
B) Cones are responsible for both photopic (day) vision as well as trichromatic (color) vision.
C) Light adaptation and dark adaptation are adjustments in vision to changing light intensities.
D) Cones and rods are responsible for both photopic (day) vision as well as trichromatic (color) vision.
E) There are short-wavelength cones and long-wavelength cones.
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Question 6) The heart occupies a space called the pericardial cavity between the parietal and visceral pericardium.
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Question 7) Which of the following best describes the cerebral arterial circle (circle of Willis)?
A) A short anastomosis found in the cerebellum
B) An anastomosis surrounding the pituitary gland
C) Formed by the superior and inferior sagittal sinuses
D) An anastomosis circling the entire cortex
E) A portal system connecting the hypothalamus with the anterior pituitary
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Question 8) Water output is largely controlled by varying ________.
A) drinking
B) cutaneous transpiration
C) sweating
D) metabolic water production
E) urine volume
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Question 9) A neuron can receive thousands of EPSPs from different neurons, and responds by triggering or not triggering an action potential. This addition and response to the net effect of postsynaptic potentials is called ________.
A) recruitment
B) spatial summation
C) temporal summation
D) neuronal coding
E) neural summation
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Question 10) The shoulder is the only multiaxial, ball-and-socket joint in the human body.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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