Final Exam

Question 1

What is homeostasis

Answer 1

maintenance of in internal stable environment

Question 2

What are the levels of organization in the human body from small to large?

Answer 2

cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

Question 3

What is anatomy?

Answer 3

the study of the structure of human body

Question 4

What is physiology?

Answer 4

the study of the function of the body

Question 5

Which organ system functions in transport and delivery of gases?

Answer 5

the circulatory system

Question 6

Which terms (give 2)mean towards the midline of the body and away from the midline of the body?

Answer 6

medial and lateral

Question 7

Which terms (give 2) mean closer to the point of attachment and further from the point of attachment?

Answer 7

proximal and distal

Question 8

Which terms mean the upper part of the body and lower part of the body?

Answer 8

superior and inferior

Question 9

Which term means the eye?

Answer 9

oribital

Question 10

Which term means the mouth area?

Answer 10

oral

Question 11

Which term means the upper arm?

Answer 11

brachial

Question 12

Which term means the armpit?

Answer 12

axillary (think AXE deodorant)

Question 13

What does the term sternal refer to?

Answer 13

sternum (breastbone)

Question 14

Which plane cuts the body into right/left?

Answer 14

saggital

Question 15

Which plane cuts the body into top/bottom

Answer 15

transverse

Question 16

Which of the 3 main types of tissue in the body lines the body surface, internal organs and glands?

Answer 16

epithelial

Question 17

How do we classify epithelial tissue?

Answer 17

according to the number of layers of cells and the shape of the cells

Question 18

Which epithelial tissue offers considerable stretching?

Answer 18

transitional

Question 19

What are the regions of the vertebrae from top to bottom?

Answer 19

cervical, throracic, lumbar, sacral, coccyx

Question 20

Which socket the hip (acetabulum) or the shoulder (glenoid cavity) is stronger and deeper?

Answer 20

hip (acetabulum)

Question 21

What are the 2 types of bone tissue in the body?

Answer 21

spongy and compact

Question 22

Where are the intervertebral discs located?

Answer 22

between the vertebrae of you back

Question 23

How do true ribs differ from false ribs?

Answer 23

true ribs (1-7) attach directly to the sternum unlike false ribs.

Question 24

Which muscle does not have striations?

Answer 24

smooth

Question 25

Which muscle is voluntary?

Answer 25

skeletal

Question 26

What is a muscle fiber also called?

Answer 26

muscle cell

Question 27

What is the gap between a neuron and a muscle called?

Answer 27

synaptic cleft

Question 28

Where do a neuron and muscle cell communicate?

Answer 28

neuromuscular junction

Question 29

what is it called when myosin binds to actin?

Answer 29

the crossbridge

Question 30

which muscle is known as the praying muscle?

Answer 30

sternocleidomastoid

Question 31

Which muscle is the frowning muscle?

Answer 31

platysma

Question 32

What is another name for your gastrocnemius and contraction of it helps you do what?

Answer 32

calf muscle, stand or dance on tippie toes

Question 33

What do you know about the sartorius?

Answer 33

its the longest muscle in the body

Question 34

What term refers to a "slender" muscle?

Answer 34

gracilis

Question 35

Which part of the neuron acts as antenna to receive information from a receptor or another neuron?

Answer 35

dendrites

Question 36

What is found between the myelin on the axon?

Answer 36

the node of ranvier

Question 37

What does myelin do?

Answer 37

speeds up the action potential

Question 38

Which part of the nervous system do your brain and spinal cord belong to?

Answer 38

central NS

Question 39

what is an effector?

Answer 39

muscle or gland that receives a command from the brain via the efferent pathway

Question 40

Which pathway sends information to the brain from a receptor?

Answer 40

afferent or sensory

Question 41

What does the autonomic NS control?

Answer 41

all involuntary actions (smooth muscle)

Question 42

What are the 4 lobes of the brain?

Answer 42

parietal, frontal, temporal, occipital

Question 43

what do mechanoreceptors respond to/

Answer 43

touch and sound

Question 44

What kind of receptor detects temperature

Answer 44

thermoreceptor

Question 45

Which receptor detects and smell?

Answer 45

chemoreceptors

Question 46

What are the two main receptors in your eye?

Answer 46

rods and cones

Question 47

What is systole?

Answer 47

the pressure within an artery wall when the heart contracts

Question 48

What is diastole?

Answer 48

the pressure in an artery wall when the heart relaxes

Question 49

What happens during inhalation?

Answer 49

diaphragm contracts, rib cage expands, volume increases and air pressure decreases

Question 50

Where does gas exchange occur in the lungs

Answer 50

the alveoli