Test #1

Question 1

Physiology definition

Answer 1

The study of the function of body parts

Question 2

what is the sequence of the levels of structural organization

Answer 2

1: Chemical level
2: cellular level
3: Tissue level
4: organ level
5: organ system level
6: organismal level

Question 3

what is chemical level

Answer 3

Atoms, molecules, and organelles

Question 4

what is cellular level

Answer 4

single cell

Question 5

what is tissue level

Answer 5

groups of similar cells

Question 6

what is organ level

Answer 6

contains 2 or more types of tissues

Question 7

what is organ system level

Answer 7

organs that work closely together

Question 8

what is organismal level

Answer 8

all organ systems combined to make a whole organismw

Question 9

what is the integumentary system

Answer 9

• skin
• prevents water loss and prevention of germs

Question 10

what is the skeletal system

Answer 10

Provides a rigid framework to support the body and store minerals

Question 11

what is muscular system

Answer 11

provides the force to move bones and their joint

Question 12

what is the nervous system

Answer 12

responds to environmental changes by transmitting electrical impulses

Question 13

what is the endocrine system

Answer 13

glands and hormones

Question 14

what is the cardiovascular system

Answer 14

heart, veins, arteries

Question 15

what is the lymphatic/ immune system

Answer 15

WBC + lymph nodes

Question 16

what is the respiratory system

Answer 16

lungs

Question 17

what is the digestive system

Answer 17

stomach + intestines

Question 18

what is the urinary system

Answer 18

Bladder + kidneys

Question 19

what is a negative feedback

Answer 19

• the most common form of feedback in the body
• reduces or shuts down original stimulus
• EX: regulation of blood pressure

Question 20

what is a positive feedback

Answer 20

• increases original stimulus
• EX: platelet blood formation for blood clotting

Question 21

what direction is superior

Answer 21

closer to the top of the head

Question 22

what direction is Inferior

Answer 22

closer to the toes

Question 23

what is anterior

Answer 23

face forwards

Question 24

what is posterior

Answer 24

back forwardswh

Question 25

what is medial

Answer 25

towards the midline

Question 26

what is lateral

Answer 26

away from the midline

Question 27

what is distal

Answer 27

(when referring to the limbs) downwards

Question 28

what is proximal

Answer 28

(when referring to the limbs) upwards

Question 29

what is axial

Answer 29

everything but the limbs

Question 30

what is appendicular

Answer 30

the limbs

Question 31

what does the sagittal plane divide the body into

Answer 31

left and right portions

Question 32

what does the frontal/coronal plane divide the body into

Answer 32

anterior and posterior parts (front and back

Question 33

what does transverse plane divide the body into

Answer 33

divides the body horizontally into superior and inferior parts (top and bottom)

Question 34

give the steps for homeostatic control systems

Answer 34

1: Stimulus produces change in variable
2: Receptor detects change
3: Input: information sent along afferent pathway to control centre
4: output: information sent along efferent pathway to effector
5: Response of effector feeds back to reduce the effect of stimulus and returns variable to homeostatic level