Fast pain is a localized response mediated by myelinated nerve fibers.
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Question 2) Which of the following would contain the greatest amount of information that scientists consider to be true to the best of their knowledge?
A) A law of nature
B) A fact
C) An equation
D) A theory
E) A hypothesis
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Question 3) Most somesthetic signals in the right side of the body reach the cerebral cortex in the contralateral primary somesthetic area.
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Question 4) A hole through a bone that usually allows passage for nerves and blood vessels is called a(n) ________.
A) sinus B) alveolus C) canal D) fissure E) foramen
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Question 5) Copying genetic information from DNA into RNA is called ________; using the information contained in mRNA to make a polypeptide is called ________.
A) transcription; translation
B) DNA duplication; transcription
C) DNA translation; RNA transcription
D) translation; transcription
E) DNA replication; translation
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Question 6) Neurons move material away from the soma by retrograde transport.
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Question 7) ________ is a process that submits a scientist's ideas to the critical judgment of other specialists in the field before the research is funded or published.
A) Adjudication
B) Peer review
C) Hypothetico-deductive testing
D) Falsification
E) Statistical testing
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Question 8) What is a sesamoid bone?
A) A bone that forms within some tendons in response to stress
B) A bone that forms in the cranium in response to trauma
C) A bone made of dense regular connective tissue
D) A bone made of hyaline cartilage
E) A bone growing within some cartilages in response to pressure
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Question 9) The human genome consists of approximately ________ pairs of nucleotides.
A) 3000 B) 3 billion C) 3 million D) 300,000
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Question 10) Sensory receptors sense only stimuli external to the body, such as light, sound waves, smell, and touch.
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