Introduction to the Human Body

Question 1

body structure that receives output from the control center and produces a response or effect that changes the controlled condition

Answer 1

Effector

Question 2

body structure that monitors changes in a controlled condition and sends input to a control center.

Answer 2

Receptor

Question 3

maintenance of relatively stable conditions in the body’s internal environment.

Answer 3

Homeostasis

Question 4

Blood clotting mechanism is an example of what feedback?

Answer 4

Positive feedback

Question 5

pressure sensitive nerve cells located in the walls of certain blood vessels, that detect the higher pressure.

Answer 5

Baroreceptors

Question 6

Which of the following organs is located in the hypogastric region?

a. Ascending colon
b. Urinary bladder
c. Small intestine
d. Appendix

Answer 6

b. Urinary bladder

Question 7

Occipital

Answer 7

base of skull

Question 8

Olecranal

Answer 8

back of elbow

Question 9

Gluteal

Answer 9

buttock

Question 10

Cervical

Answer 10

neck

Question 11

Which of the following structures are located within the thoracic cavity?

a. Stomach, Heart, Spleen
b. Lungs, Heart, Esophagus
c. Esophagus, Lungs, Trachea
d. Diaphragm, Lungs, Larynx

Answer 11

b. Lungs, Heart, Esophagus

Question 12

Which is a correct structural organization of the human body?

a. Organism, Organ, System, Tissue, Cell, Chemical
b. Tissue, Cell, Organism, Organ, Chemical, System
c. Cell, Tissue, System, Organ, Organism
d. Chemical, Cell, Tissue, Organ, System, Organism

Answer 12

d. Chemical, Cell, Tissue, Organ, System, Organism