Introduction

Question 1

What is Physiology?

Answer 1

science of normal functions and phenomena of living things

Question 2

What is the study of Physiology interested in?

Answer 2

mechanisms and how the body responds to stimuli

Question 3

What is the basic biological unit of living things?

Answer 3

cells

Question 4

What are the 4 types of cells?

Answer 4

muscle, nerve, epithelial, connective tissue

Question 5

Define ‘tissues’

Answer 5

groups of simular cells with the same function

Question 6

What do you call a group of tissues that work together to provide the same function?

Answer 6

an organ

Question 7

Give an example of an organ and the different tissues it contains.

Answer 7

Heart, nerve, muscle, epithelial and connective

Question 8

What is an organ system?

Answer 8

group of organs that work together to perform a set of related functions.

Question 9

Give an example of an organ system.

Answer 9

Cardio vascular system

Question 10

What does a group of organ systems create?

Answer 10

an organism