Briefly describe the driving force for the movement of water across plasma membranes
What will be an ideal response?
Water moves across membranes by osmosis, which is driven by solute concentration differences across the membrane. Water moves from the area of low solute concentration to the area of high solute concentrations.
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What structure traverses the opening indicated by the arrow in the following figure?
A) esophagus B) inferior vena cava C) aorta D) psoas major E) quadratus lumborum
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Systemic circulation begins in the left ventricle or aorta and ends in the vena cava or right atrium. 2. Pulmonary circulation begins in the pulmonary artery or right ventricle and ends in the pulmonary vein or right atrium. 3. The hepatic portal vein connects the blood leaving the liver to the inferior vena cava. 4. The hepatic portal system sends blood through two sets of capillary beds rather than the usual one set of capillaries. 5. One function of the hepatic portal system is to help maintain glucose homeostasis in the blood.
Which of the following special senses is NOT processed by the thalamus?
hearing taste vision olfaction
The parietal bone forms through intramembranous ossification.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)