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AMEDD Anatomy and PhysiologyCourse Exam Questions with Verified
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Anatomy can be defined as the study of which of the following? - -Parts of
the body
- Which of the following correctly describes the anatomical position of the
human body? - -Head is level, eyes directed anteriorly; feet flat on the floor
and parallel; toes pointed anteriorly; upper limbs at sides of the body with
palms facing anteriorly.
- Homeostasis is the ___1__ of the body's internal environment. The nervous
system uses electrical signals called___2____ to transmit instructions that
help bring back equilibrium. The endocrine system does the same by using
glands to send out molecular messengers known as ____3___. The nervous
and endocrine system maintain homeostasis by triggering ___4___. - -1.
equilibrium
2. nerve impulses
3. hormones
4. feedback systems
- Which of the following components of a feedback system receives
information regarding a desired response? - -Effector
- A positive feedback system does which of the following? - -Strengthens or
reinforces a change in a controlled condition
- In a negative feedback system in which high blood pressure is detected
and reduced to restore homeostasis, which of the following steps represents
the action of effectors? - -Heart rate slows and blood vessels dilate,
decreasing blood pressure.
- Chemical Level - -Includes atoms and molecules
- cellular level - -includes cells, which are composed of chemicals and
molecules
- tissue level - -includes groups of cells and the material surrounding them
- organ level - -composed of two or more different types of tissues
- system level - -includes related organs with a common function
, - organism level - -complete organism including all levels
- In order from smallest to largest - -chemical, cellular, tissue, organ,
system, organism
- a human stomach is an example of which of the following structural levels
of organization - -organ
- Which of the following major chemical elements makes up most of the total
human body mass? - -Oxygen
- Which of the following is one of the body's trace elements - -Nitrogen
- Which of the four major chemical elements in the body forms backbone
chains and rings of all organic molecules - -Carbon
- What is the property of water that is described as the uneven sharing of
valence electrons, which confers a partial negative charge near the one
oxygen atom and two partial positive charges near the two hydrogen atoms
in the molecule - -polarity
- What property of water makes it an ideal medium for metabolic reactions
since it dissolves so many different substances? - -solvent
- What do enzymes do in the human body to speed up chemical reactions -
-Increase the activation energy need for reaction
- What are the smallest units of matter that retain the properties and
characteristics of a chemical element such as oxygen - -atoms
- Which of the cells main parts is a large organelle that houses most of the
cells deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) - -Endoplasmic reticulum
- What organelles produce most of the energy needed for cellular function -
-mitochondria
- What structure within a cell allows the selective transport of large
molecules such as proteins to move between the nucleus and cytoplasm? - -
plasma membrane
- what term is used to describe the development of a cell from an
unspecialized to a specialized state? - -mitosis
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