Exam 1

Question 1

Physiology is a term which means

Answer 1

Function

Question 2

Anatomy is a term which means the study of

Answer 2

morphology

Question 3

A pain in the stomach would be in which quadrant?

Answer 3

Left upper quadrant

Question 4

Which cavity are lungs located in?

Answer 4

thoracic cavity

Question 5

What is considered the smallest unit of life?

Answer 5

cells

Question 6

Which term can be used the same as dorsal in human?

Answer 6

Posterior

Question 7

The process in which cells and organisms are able to maintain a stable balance of internal and external substances and forces is called _____.

Answer 7

Homeostasis

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a positive feedback?

A) when your body is cold and triggers shivering to warm your body up
B) insulin’s reducing blood sugar
C) withdrawing your hand from a painful stimulus, like a broken glass
D) the formation of a platelet plug during blood clotting

Answer 8

the formation of a platelet plug during blood clotting

Question 9

Carbon dioxide and water are classified as?

Answer 9

Compounds

Question 10

The removal of a compound that the body no longer requires is called.

Answer 10

excretion

Question 11

A headache is an example of

Answer 11

cephalic

Question 12

Which is the smallest of the basic from of subatomic particles

Answer 12

electrons

Question 13

How many nitrogenous bases do DNA and RNA have in common?

Answer 13

4

Question 14

The arm is in the _________area

Answer 14

brachial

Question 15

The wrist is ___________to the fingers with respect to the elbow

Answer 15

proximal

Question 16

Which of the following bond is distinguished by weak attractions

Answer 16

hydrogen

Question 17

Which of the following is not a biological macromolecule?
a. vitamins

b. proteins
c. nucleic acids
d. carbohydrates
e. lipids

Answer 17

vitamins

Question 18

When a substance is acidic it has more ______and less _______________

Answer 18

hydrogen ions, hydroxide

Question 19

What happens to chlorine when it gains an outer electron?

Answer 19

It becomes a negative ion

Question 20

In table salt ______bonds hold ions together

Answer 20

ionic

Question 21

A covalent bond is formed whenever two atoms ___ electrons

Answer 21

share

Question 22

When atoms of different elements combine they form?

Answer 22

compounds

Question 23

Give the name of a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction by lowering the activation energy without itself being consumed by the reaction

Answer 23

catalyst

Question 24

A solution with the pH of 9.35 is considered to be

Answer 24

basic

Question 25

A mitochondria is an example of

Answer 25

Double membrane

Question 26

These type of connections are important for cell communication

Answer 26

gap junctions

Question 27

This organelle is where most of the cellular energy is produced

Answer 27

mitochondria

Question 28

The structure that moves mucous out of the respiratory tract are

Answer 28

cilia

Question 29

White bloods cells engulf foreign particles by this type of transport

Answer 29

phagocytosis

Question 30

At which stage of the cell duplication does the chromosomes number double

Answer 30

The S phase (cytokinesis)

Question 31

Which of the following list best illustrates increasing levels of complexity

Answer 31

organelles, cells, tissue, organs, organ system

Question 32

the serous membrane that is on the surface of the lungs is the _________ pleura.

Answer 32

visceral pleura (parietal pleura)

Question 33

An anatomical section that separates the body into right and left portions are

Answer 33

sagittal planes

Question 34

Which of the following substances account for more that 95% of the human body?

Answer 34

Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen