Chapter 1 Test

Question 0

Blood clotting is an example if what type of feedback?

Answer 0

Positive feedback

Question 1

Birth of a baby is an example of what type of feedback?

Answer 1

Positive Feedback

Question 2

Maintaining body temperature is an example of what type of feedback?

Answer 2

Negative feedback

Question 3

The sum of all chemical processes that occur in the body.

Answer 3

Metabolism

Question 4

What body cavity is the gallbladder in?

Answer 4

Abdominal cavity

Question 5

What body cavity is heart in?

Answer 5

Pericardial cavity

Question 6

What body cavity is spinal cord in?

Answer 6

Vertebral cavity

Question 7

What body cavity is the urinary bladder in?

Answer 7

Pelvic cavity

Question 8

What body cavity is lung in?

Answer 8

Pleural cavities

Question 9

What body cavity is heart and portions if the esophagus and trachea?

Answer 9

Mediastinum

Question 10

What body cavity is stomach in?

Answer 10

Abdominal cavity

Question 11

What body cavity is the liver in?

Answer 11

Abdominal cavity

Question 12

What body cavity are the ovaries in?

Answer 12

Pelvic cavity

Question 13

Which major body system supports and protects the body, and assists in the body movements, and house cells that give rise to blood cells?

Answer 13

Skeletal system

Question 14

The name of the condition in which the internal body remains stable within certain physiologic limits?

Answer 14

Homeostasis

Question 15

What major body system is responsible for the physical and chemical breakdown of food as well as absorption?

Answer 15

Digestive system

Question 16

Name the science that deals with why, when are where diseases occur and how they are transmitted within a defined human population?

Answer 16

Epidemiology

Question 17

The change that a cell undergoes one to a specialized one.

Answer 17

Differentiation

Question 18

Which major body system regulates the volume and chemical composition of blood and eliminates waste?

Answer 18

Urinary system

Question 19

Any time a region in the body is described, such as directions and planes, the assumption is made that the body is in what position?

Answer 19

Anatomical

Question 20

Several organs that work together to perform a function.

Answer 20

System level

Question 21

Which major body system returns tissue fluid to the blood and produces immunity structures and agents?

Answer 21

Lymphatic system

Question 22

Which major body system contains glands that produce hormones?

Answer 22

Endocrine

Question 23

Subjective changes in a person not observable from the outside such as a headache or stomachache.

Answer 23

Symptoms

Question 24

Part of a feedback system responsible for receiving output from the control center and producing a response that changes the controlled condition.

Answer 24

Effector

Question 25

What major body system does the skin belong to?

Answer 25

Integumentary system

Question 26

A group of tissues that function together in the performance of a vital activity.

Answer 26

Organ level

Question 27

The ability to detect and react to changes in the external or internal environment.

Answer 27

Responsiveness

Question 28

A plan that divides the body into right and left halves

Answer 28

Midsaggetal

Question 29

Measurable observable changes like swelling or a rash

Answer 29

Signs

Question 30

The study of structures of the body and relationships between them

Answer 30

Anatomy

Question 31

Describe the anatomical position.

Answer 31

Subject is erect facing observer, feet flat on floor arms at sides, palms foward