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Anatomy and Physiology Test Q&As (Latest Update)
the study of the structure or form of the human body - Correct Answer ✅Human Anatomy study of the body's functions - Correct Answer ✅Human Physiology The study of life - Correct Answer ✅Biology The smallest unit that can carry out the functions of life - Correct Answer ✅Cell The sum of the body's chemical reactions - Correct Answer ✅Metabolism "building" processes in which smaller chemicals are combined to form larger ones, such as building muscle - Correct Answer ✅anabolism "breaking down" processes in which larger chemicals are broken down into smaller ones, as in digestion - Correct Answer ✅catabolism
Anatomy and Physiology Test Q&As (Latest Update)
The maintenance of the body's stable internal environment - Correct Answer ✅Homeostasis The process by which waste products are removed from the body - Correct Answer ✅Excretion When more anabolism takes place than catabolism, an increase in the size of individual cells and/or an increase in the number of cells - Correct Answer ✅Growth The property of living organisms by which they sense and react to changes in their environment - Correct Answer ✅Responsiveness or irritability The movement of a cell or tissue - Correct Answer ✅Motility The production of new cells within an organism or the production of offspring - Correct Answer ✅Reproduction Growth wound repair - Correct Answer ✅produces new cells
Anatomy and Physiology Test Q&As (Latest Update)
Two or more tissue types can combine to form a structure which has a recognizable shape and performs a specialized task - Correct Answer ✅organ level of organization two or more organs that together carry out a broad function in the body - Correct Answer ✅organ system level of organization The organ systems function together to make up the working human body - Correct Answer ✅organism level of organization the form and structure of the body - Correct Answer ✅Anatomy studies study which looks at individual organ systems - Correct Answer ✅systemic anatomy study which divides body into regions of study - Correct Answer ✅Regional Anatomy the study of surface markings of the body - Correct Answer ✅surface anatomy
Anatomy and Physiology Test Q&As (Latest Update)
field which studies structures that can be seen with the unaided eye, such as organs and organ systems - Correct Answer ✅Gross/Macroscopic Anatomy Field which structures unable to see without the aid of a microscope - Correct Answer ✅Microscopic Anatomy study of tissues - Correct Answer ✅Hisology study of cells - Correct Answer ✅Cytology Face forward(anterior), arms at side, palms facing anteriorly(supination) - Correct Answer ✅anatomical position anatomical position while lying down - Correct Answer ✅supine position front of the body or body part - Correct Answer ✅Anterior back of the body or body part - Correct Answer ✅Posterior
Anatomy and Physiology Test Q&As (Latest Update)
Position that is further away from midline (off to the side) - Correct Answer ✅Lateral head, neck, trunk - Correct Answer ✅axial region upper and lower limbs - Correct Answer ✅appendicular region divides the body into equal right and left sides - Correct Answer ✅midsagittal plane (median plane) Divides body into unequal right and left sides - Correct Answer ✅parasagittal plane a plane taken at an angle - Correct Answer ✅oblique plane any space within the body - Correct Answer ✅Cavity
Anatomy and Physiology Test Q&As (Latest Update)
Cavity located within the skull, Protects the brain - Correct Answer ✅Cranial cavity Cavity located within vertebral column; protects spinal cord - Correct Answer ✅vertebral (spinal) cavity arm - Correct Answer ✅brachium (brachial) shin-front of the lower leg - Correct Answer ✅crus (crural) trunk - Correct Answer ✅thorax (thoracic) plane which divides the body into anterior and posterior sides - Correct Answer ✅frontal plane (coronal plane) plane which divides the body or body part into superior and inferior parts - Correct Answer ✅transverse plane (horizontal plane or cross section)
Anatomy and Physiology Test Q&As (Latest Update)
consists of left and right cavities, each of which surrounds one lung. - Correct Answer ✅pleural cavities cavity which houses the heart, great blood vessels, trachea, and esophagus - Correct Answer ✅mediastinum cavity cavity within the mediastinum which surrounds the heart - Correct Answer ✅pericardial cavity cavity which spans the area from the diaphragm to the bony pelvis - Correct Answer ✅abdominal cavity cavity which spans the area within the bony pelvis - Correct Answer ✅pelvic cavity serous membranes that enclose the lungs and line the chest wall - Correct Answer ✅pleural membranes parietal and visceral membranes that surround the heart and cover its surface - Correct Answer ✅pericardial membranes
Anatomy and Physiology Test Q&As (Latest Update)
membranes that line the abdominopelvic cavity and cover the organs inside
- Correct Answer ✅peritoneal membranes within the peritoneal cavity - Correct Answer ✅Intraperitoneal (IP) located behind the peritoneum - Correct Answer ✅retroperitoneal the outer layer of the peritoneum that lines the interior of the abdominal wall - Correct Answer ✅parietal peritoneum the inner layer of the peritoneum that surrounds the organs of the abdominal cavity - Correct Answer ✅visceral peritoneum the body's ability to develop and maintain a relatively stable internal environment - Correct Answer ✅homeostasis process in which a change in a regulated variable causes effects that feed back and in turn affect that same variable - Correct Answer ✅feedback loops
Anatomy and Physiology Test Q&As (Latest Update)
any time more of something exists in one area than another and the two areas are connected - Correct Answer ✅gradient
