APHY 101 Midterm Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers
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APHY 101
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APHY 101 Midterm Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers
What is the difference between anatomy and physiology? - ANSWER- -Anatomy is the study of structure of body parts
-Physiology is the study of function of body parts
What are the levels of organization? - ANSWER- organelles, cells, tis...
APHY 101 Midterm Exam Questions
With 100% Correct Answers
What is the difference between anatomy and physiology? - ANSWER- -Anatomy is the
study of structure of body parts
-Physiology is the study of function of body parts
What are the levels of organization? - ANSWER- organelles, cells, tissues, organs,
organ systems, organisms
Organelles - ANSWER- A tiny cell structure that carries out a specific function within the
cell
Cells - ANSWER- The basic unit of structure and function in all living things
Tissues - ANSWER- Groups of cells with a common structure and function.
Organs - ANSWER- Groups of tissues that work together to perform a specific function
or related functions
Organ Systems - ANSWER- A group of organs that work together in performing vital
body functions.
Organism - ANSWER- Any living thing
What are the characteristics of life? - ANSWER- movement, responsiveness, growth,
reproduction, respiration, digestion, absorption, circulation, assimilation, excretion
Movement - ANSWER- Change in position of the body or of a body part; motion of an
internal organ
Responsiveness - ANSWER- Reaction to a change inside or outside the body
Growth - ANSWER- increase in body size without change in shape
Reproduction - ANSWER- production of new organisms and new cells
Respiration - ANSWER- obtaining oxygen, removing carbon dioxide, and releasing
energy from foods
Digestion - ANSWER- Breakdown of food substances into simpler forms that can be
absorbed and used
, Absorption - ANSWER- passage of substances through membranes and into body
fluids
Circulation - ANSWER- movement of substances in body fluids
Assimilation - ANSWER- changing absorbed substances into chemically different forms
Excretion - ANSWER- removal of wastes produced by metabolic reactions
What are the requirements of life? - ANSWER- water, food, oxygen, heat, pressure
Water - ANSWER- regulates body temperature
Food - ANSWER- -Supply energy
-Supply raw materials
Oxygen - ANSWER- help release energy from food substances
Heat - ANSWER- help regulate the rates of metabolic reactions
Pressure - ANSWER- Atmospheric pressure for breathing; hydrostatic pressure to help
circulate blood
Homeostasis - ANSWER- process by which organisms maintain a relatively stable
internal environment
homeostatic mechanisms - ANSWER- self-regulating systems that monitor aspects of
the internal environment and correct them as needed
Matter - ANSWER- Anything that has mass and takes up space
Atom - ANSWER- the basic unit of a chemical element.
Element - ANSWER- A pure substance made of only one kind of atom
Basic unit of matter - ANSWER- an atom
What is the structure of an atom? - ANSWER- protons, neutrons, electrons
Nucleus - ANSWER- containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and
reproduction
Proton - ANSWER- A subatomic particle that has a positive charge and that is found in
the nucleus of an atom
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