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A chemical reaction in which bonds are broken and energy is released is classified as __________________.

You have a patient has a tear in her visceral pericardium.  She has torn the _________ serous membrane around her ______________.

The following is an example of __________________________. During exercise, one generates excess heat and the body temperature rises. As a response, blood vessels dilate in the skin, warm blood flows closer to the body surface.  Heat is lost and homeostatic body temperature remains.

__________________ describes ALL of the synthesis and decomposition reactions that take place within an organism.

A dramatic example of microvilli in the human body are those found in portions of the human digestive system like the small intestine. These tiny, hair like projections serve to _____________.

The bonding properties of an atom are determined by its __________.

The phase of the cell cycle in which DNA replication takes place is _________.

Read the following example: Sensors inside the blood vessels measure that blood pressure has increased higher than normal limits.  These sensors then conduct this information about blood pressure to the brain.  The brain then sends a message to the heart muscle to decrease its rate and blood vessel muscles to increase their diameter.  This action returns the blood pressure to normal limits. In the example, the heart and its muscle is an ____________.

The plane that passes vertically through the body dividing it into right and left portions is called __.

When comparing the volume of matrix to the volume of cells in connective tissue, which is greater?