Unit 1 Assignment 2: Anatomy And Physiology

Question 1

The human body is composed of trillions of?

Answer 1

Cells

Question 2

What surrounds each cell?

Answer 2

Cell membrane

Question 3

Cells contain a _____ and _____?

Answer 3

Cell membrane, cytoplasm

Question 4

Cytoplasm

Answer 4

Fluid- like substance contained within the cell membrane, the nucleus not included.

Question 5

Organelle

Answer 5

A structure that performs a specific function within a cell.

Question 6

Most cells contain a nucleus. Notable exception?

Answer 6

Red blood cell

Question 7

Nucleus

Answer 7

The organelle within a cell that functions as its brain, regulating its production of protein

Question 8

Organ

Answer 8

A group of tissues that works together to perform a specified bodily function. Stomach

Question 9

Cell

Answer 9

The basic structural unit of the body

Question 10

Contract

Answer 10

To draw together

Question 11

DNA

Answer 11

Acronym for deoxyribonucleic acid; the genetic “blueprint” that determines the cell’s purpose and function.

Question 12

Tissue

Answer 12

A group of cells that have the same purpose

Question 13

System

Answer 13

Organs working together to perform a specific bodily function

Question 14

How does the nucleus govern the cell’s production of substances?

Answer 14

By means of its DNA

Question 15

DNA contains information that determines what?

Answer 15

The cell’s purpose and function

Question 16

When cells divide they pass on a copy of?

Answer 16

DNA

Question 17

Cells can be grouped into _____ types:

Answer 17

4, epithelial, muscular, connective, nerve

Question 18

Epithelial cells

Answer 18

Regulate body temperature, secrete lubricants, and protect body from harmful substances. Skin and stomach lining.

Question 19

Muscular cells

Answer 19

Work together to form muscles, providing movement.

Question 20

Connective cells

Answer 20

Form tissues and fluids that connect parts of the body. Tendons, blood, and fat are made of connective cells.

Question 21

Nerve cells

Answer 21

Form the nervous tissue which sends messages from the brain to the rest of the body.

Question 22

Something isn’t really inside your body unless?

Answer 22

It is absorbed

Question 23

Digestion begins in _____ and ends in _____

Answer 23

Mouth, large intestine

Question 24

How many systems make up the human body?

Answer 24

11