Epithelial cells are specialized to ________
A) receive stimuli and conduct electrical signals to all parts of the body
B) actively contract and produce many types of movements
C) secrete, filter, and absorb
D) protect, support, and bind together other tissues
Answer: C
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All receptors for __________ are confined to the head and are innervated by cranial nerves.
A. the special senses B. the somesthetic senses C. proprioception D. exteroception E. chemoreception
A motor neuron and all of the skeletal muscle fibers it stimulates are termed a ________
A) myofilament B) synaptic cleft C) motor unit D) neuromuscular junction E) neurotransmitter
Which hormone has only one known effect:
to stimulate milk production by the breasts? A) oxytocin B) estrogen C) progesterone D) prolactin
Using Figure 7.3, match the following:
1) Anchor the pterygoid muscles.
2) Passageway for optic nerve.
3) Encloses hypophysis.
4) Forms parts of the middle cranial fossa, dorsal walls of the orbits, and external walls of the skull.
5) Allow cranial nerves that control eye movements to enter the orbit.