Module 1

Question 1

What are the six levels of organization of the body ?

Answer 1

Chemical,
Cellular
Tissue,
Organ,
Organ system,
Organism

Question 2

The necessary life function that protects our internal environment from out external environment is provided by what system?

Answer 2

Integumentary

Question 3

Types of tissues

Answer 3

Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nervous

Question 4

Tissue that covers outside of the body and lines organs and cavities. Specialized in secretion and absorption.

Answer 4

Epithelial Tissue

Question 5

A body tissue that provides support for the body and connects all of its parts

Answer 5

connective tissue

Question 6

A body tissue that contracts or shortens, making body parts move.

Answer 6

muscle tissue

Question 7

A body tissue that carries electrical messages back and forth between the brain and every other part of the body.

Answer 7

nervous tissue

Question 8

The function of movement is provided by what system?

Answer 8

muscular

Question 9

The function of responsiveness is provided by what system?

Answer 9

Nervous

Question 10

The function of digestion is provided by what system?

Answer 10

Digestive

Question 11

What is anabolism?

Answer 11

making more complex cellular structures from simpler ones

Question 12

What is catabolism?

Answer 12

the breakdown of complex molecules in living organisms to form simpler ones, together with the release of energy; destructive metabolism.

Question 13

Excretion involves what systems?

Answer 13

digestive, respiratory and urinary

Question 14

The reproductive system is controlled by what other system?

Answer 14

the endocrine system

Question 15

Which tissue covers the body surface and lines the cavities of the body.

Answer 15

Epithelium

Question 16

Name the three steps in cellular respiration.

Answer 16

Glycolysis, Citric Acid Cycle, Electron transport system

Question 17

What is the purpose of ATP?

Answer 17

ATP is a very energy rich molecule the powers the cellular activities allowing cells to have the energy needed to carry out their functions

Question 18

Epithelial cells perform what types of functions?

Answer 18

The cells that make up epithelial tissue are specialized for tasks such as secretion and absorption. These cells are under constant cell division to replace dead cells that shed away

Question 19

What are the four basic tissue types?

Answer 19

epithelium, muscle, connective and nervous tissue, each of which is made up of specific cell types that perform specific functions

Question 20

Toward or at the body surface is known as what direction?

Answer 20

superficial

Question 21

Away from the body surface is what direction?

Answer 21

Deep

Question 22

Between a more medial and more lateral structure is what orientation?

Answer 22

intermediate

Question 23

Toward or at the midline of the body or on the inner side of is what direction?

Answer 23

medial

Question 24

Away from the head end or toward the lower part of a structure of the body, is what direction?

Answer 24

inferior