In the brain, the site of our higher thought processes is the:

a. cerebellum.

b. cerebrum.

c. thalamus.

d. medulla oblongata.

e. hypothalamus

All sensory receptors ____ and ____.

a. respond to stimulation; transform that stimulation into a neural signal

b. respond to all forms of stimulation except smell; send messages through the spinal cord

c. are located in the spinal cord; send messages through the thalamus

d. are located in the brain; interconnect with neurons

e. respond to neurotransmitter stimulation; turn that stimulation into a neural signal

Several of the senses work by means of:

a. the brain distributing portions of its processing to the spinal cord.

b. the brain analyzing the pattern of input from many sensory receptors.

c. the brain receiving messages from sensory receptors and then sending messages back to them.

d. sensory receptors communicating first with each other, then with the brain.

e. sensory receptors responding to light.

Muscle cells are referred to as muscle _______ because of their unusual _______.

Muscle contraction works through the process of a ______ of two kinds of muscle filaments past each other within a muscle unit known as a______.

In this process, relatively thick _______ filaments pull relatively thin _______ filaments toward the center of the _______.

The three elements of the skeletal system are_______, _______, and _______.

Name two functions of bone other than support.

The primary component of the integumentary system is an organ called ________, which is composed of two primary layers, an outer layer called the ________ and an inner layer called the

Fat exists in the human body in two primary locations. First there is subcutaneous fat, which can be thought of as a layer of fat located _______; second there is visceral fat, which is fat that surrounds _______ deep within the _______.

Each hair that we have grows out of a tissue complex called a _______.