Anatomy and Physiology

Question 1

What is anatomy?

Answer 1

Study of the structure of body parts

Question 2

What is physiology?

Answer 2

Study of the functions of body parts

Question 3

Who is Andreas Vesalius?

Answer 3

Father of anatomy

Question 4

What is matter?

Answer 4

Anything that takes up space and has mass (solid, liquid, gas)

Question 5

What is mass?

Answer 5

How much space an object occupies

Question 6

What is weight?

Answer 6

Gravitational pull on an object

Question 7

What is physical change?

Answer 7

Change that does not alter the chemical makeup of an object

Question 8

What is chemical change?

Answer 8

Change that does alter the chemical makeup of an object. Ex: rust, leaves changing color, burning, sunburn

Question 9

What is energy?

Answer 9

The ability to do work

Question 10

What is potential energy?

Answer 10

Exists with the possibility of releasing a force that results in work. Ex: a ball sitting at the top of a hill

Question 11

What is kinetic energy?

Answer 11

Energy of motion

Question 12

What are elements?

Answer 12

Substances that cannot be broken down into simpler kinds of matter

Question 13

How many elements are there?

Answer 13

109 known; 92 natural; 17 synthetic

Question 14

What are atoms?

Answer 14

Smallest particles of an element

Question 15

What are protons?

Answer 15

Found in nucleus, positive

Question 16

What are neutrons?

Answer 16

Found in nucleus, neutral

Question 17

What are electrons?

Answer 17

Found in orbitals, negative

Question 18

What is the atomic number?

Answer 18

Number of protons and electrons

Question 19

What is the atomic mass?

Answer 19

Total number of protons and neutrons

Question 20

How many electrons are found in the K, L, M, and N orbitals?

Answer 20

K: 2
L: 8
M: 8
N: 18

Question 21

What is an inert element?

Answer 21

Elements whose outermost orbital is full of electrons (stable) Ex: He, Ne, Ar, Kr

Question 22

What is a bond?

Answer 22

A force that holds elements together

Question 23

What is a covalent bond?

Answer 23

Sharing of electrons

Question 24

What is an ionic bond?

Answer 24

Electrons are transferred

Question 25

What are diatomic molecules?

Answer 25

Elements that bond to themselves, covalently, to become stable H Br O F I N Cl

Question 26

What is an ion?

Answer 26

A charged element

Question 27

What is a cation?

Answer 27

Positively charged element

Question 28

What is an anion?

Answer 28

A negatively charged element

Question 29

What are isotopes?

Answer 29

Atoms of the same element whose atomic number is constant, but the atomic mass varies

Question 30

What are the isotopes of Hydrogen?

Answer 30

Protium: 1 P and 0 N Deuterium: 1 P and 1 N Tritium: 1 P and 2 N

Question 31

What is a solution?

Answer 31

A mixture of two or more substances and the result is evenly distributed Ex: saltwater, Kool Aid

Question 32

What is a solvent?

Answer 32

The dissolving medium in a solution, usually water

Question 33

What is a solute?

Answer 33

The substance(s) being dissolved in a solution

Question 34

What is a suspension?

Answer 34

Large size particles that separate over time Ex: Italian dressing, blood

Question 35

What is a colloid?

Answer 35

A substance whose particle size is between that of a solution and a suspension Ex: Jello, yogurt, soap, cytoplasm, fat

Question 36

What are the two stages of a colloid?

Answer 36

1. Sol- thick liquid | 2. Gel- thick gel

Question 37

What is phase reversal of a colloid?

Answer 37

When it goes from sol to gel and gel to sol