chp 1 jepordy

This level of organization consists of

groups of similar looking cells with its

surrounding material working together to

perform a function:

a. chemical

b. cellular

c. tissue

d. organ

c

This organ system removes waste

products from the blood, regulates pH and

water balance:

a. endocrine

b. lymphatic

c. integumentary

d. urinary

d

This organ system transports nutrients,

waste products, gases and hormones

throughout the body and regulates body

temperature:

a. lymphatic

b. cardiovascular

c. respiratory

d. endocrine

b

The muscular system functions to do this:

a. produces movement

b. maintains posture

c. produces body heat

d. all of these

e. a and b only

d

Essential characteristics of life do not

include:

a. organization

b. respiration

c. reproduction

d. metabolism

b

Responsiveness is the ability of an

organism to sense a change in its

environment and react to it.

True/False

true

This characteristic of life involves the

passing down of genetic information by the

formation of new cells or new organisms:

a. growth

b. development

c. organization

d. reproduction

d

This process involves unspecialized cells

changing into cells with a specialized

function:

a. differentiation

b. growth

c. development

d. reproduction

a

The body’s ability to produce energy for

muscle contraction during exercise by the

break down of glycogen into glucose is

this:

a. growth

b. metabolism

c. morphogenesis

d. development

b

The body’s ability to maintain itself in a

steady state is known as this:

a. negative feedback

b. positive feedback

c. variable

d. homeostasis

d

This component of a feedback loop senses

changes in the body:

a. receptor

b. control (integration) center

c. effector

d. none of these

a

This is an example of positive feedback:

a. body temperature fluctuates

between 99.1 and 98.0

b. pH levels of urine vary from 5.2 to

7.8 throughout the day

c. Giving birth

d. none of these

c

Positive feedback creates a self-amplifying

change of events that leads away from the

body’s normal ranges.

True/False

true

This statement about negative feedback is

true:

a. maintains homeostasis

b. deviation from the set point is

resisted

c. keeps parameters in the normal

range

d. all of these are true

d

This directional term describes the position

of the antebrachium compared to the

brachium:

a. proximal

b. distal

c. superficial

d. inferior

b

When cutting the small intestine, this kind

of section would produce an oval shaped

piece:

a. cross (transverse)

b. frontal

c. oblique

d. midsagittal

c

This anatomical term refers to the point of

the elbow:

a. antecubital

b. antebrachial

c. palmar

d. olecranon

d

Terminology:

$400 Answer

The pedal region refers to this body part:

a. foot

b. ankle

c. heel

d. leg

a

The appendix is found in this

abdominopelvic quadrant:

a. RUQ

b. RLQ

c. LUQ

d. LLQ

b

This body cavity contains the lungs:

a. pleural

b. thoracic

c. pericardial

d. dorsal

b

This structure separates the ventral body

cavity into the thoracic and

abdominopelvic cavities:

a. pelvic brim

b. mediastinum

c. diaphragm

d. lungs

c

This organ is not retroperitoneal:

a. kidneys

b. adrenal glands

c. spleen

d. duodenum

c

his serous membrane covers the surface

of the heart:

a. visceral pleura

b. visceral pericardium

c. parietal pericardium

d. visceral peritoneum

b

The parietal peritoneum covers:

a. the anterior surface of the kidneys

b. the abdominal wall

c. the inferior surface of the

diaphragm

d. all of these

e. b and c only

d

When a boy is standing on his head, his

chin is _______ to his mouth.

a. superior

b. inferior

c. proximal

d. distal

b

This is the smallest unit of an organism

that carries out the basic function of life:

a. molecule

b. organelle

c. cell

d. organ

c