Anatomy and Physiology - EXAM #1

Question 1

This system is also sometimes referred to as your "immune" system.

Accepted Answer

Lymphatic

Question 2

Inferior and _____ both mean toward the lower part of a structure or the body.

Accepted Answer

caudal

Question 3

The study of the structure and shape of the body and its parts is called?

Accepted Answer

Anatomy

Question 4

Tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes.

Accepted Answer

Homeostasis

Question 5

All of the following are conditions that the human body needs from th environment in order to survive EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

carbon dioxide

Question 6

The major organ systems of the human body are anatomically very similar/ the same between genders with the exception of?

Accepted Answer

The Reproductive Sytem

Question 7

The pathway that a receptor sends information along to the control center is referred to as the?

Accepted Answer

Afferent pathway

Question 8

What can happen if some variable in the human body is way out of homeostasis and/or for a prolonged period of time?

Accepted Answer

All of the above could happen.

Question 9

What gas do humans need from the environment that is brought into the body via the respiratory system?

Accepted Answer

Oxygen

Question 10

All of the following are necessary life functions the human body must continue to do to remain "alive" EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

reproduction of offspring

Question 11

Which word does NOT refer to toward the head end or upper part of a structure or the body or mean above?

Accepted Answer

Caudal

Question 12

In the hierarchial organizationof life, what is the level directly after and larger than the cellular level?

Accepted Answer

Tissue Level

Question 13

Which letter depicts a transverse plane?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 14

Which system is the site of blood cell formation?

Accepted Answer

Skeletal

Question 15

The body communicated to iself via neurons of the nervous system but also through

Accepted Answer

hormones

Question 16

The picture is at what level of organization?

Accepted Answer

Organ system level

Question 17

Average stable human body temperature is generally considered to be?

Accepted Answer

98.6 °F

Question 18

The body plane that divides the body (or ogan) into equal left and right parts would be a?

Accepted Answer

Median/Missaggital

Question 19

The only system the human body could probably survive without is the?

Accepted Answer

Reproductive System

Question 20

Directional term referring toward the head end or upper part of a structure or the body; above.

Accepted Answer

all three terms.

Question 21

The basic structural and functional unit of living organisms.

Accepted Answer

cell

Question 22

All of these are names for the system that eliminates nitrogenous wastes+helps regulate water/electrolyte levels EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

Endocrine

Question 23

All of the following would be controlled via negative feedback loops EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

Blood clotting

Question 24

The smallest unit of ordinary matter that forms a chemical element. Every solid, liquid, gas & plasma is composed of it.

Accepted Answer

Atoms

Question 25

The body cavity that houses the brain and spinal and spinal cord would be the?

Accepted Answer

Dorsal body cavity

Question 26

When you are studying large and easily observable structures such as the organ that is the heart, you are studying?

Accepted Answer

Gross Anatomy

Question 27

The female ovaries, male testes, and pituitary, thyroid, and adrenal glands are major constituents of the?

Accepted Answer

Endocrine System

Question 28

Most homeostatic control mechanisms in the human body work via?

Accepted Answer

negative feedback

Question 29

What is the main function of the integumentary system?

Accepted Answer

Protects deeper tissue from injury.

Question 30

The human body is roughly what percentage by weight water?

Accepted Answer

60% - 80%

Question 31

The fast acting control system of the body that responds to internal & external change by activating muscles & glands?

Accepted Answer

Nervous System

Question 32

How many different "major" body systems are there?

Accepted Answer

11

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