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Chamberlain BIOS 251 Exam 1: Questions/Answers

What 4 ways do you examine the body? Right Ans - Inspection, Palpation,
Auscultation and Percussion

Inspection Right Ans - Seeing the body

Palpation Right Ans - to examine by touch

Auscultation Right Ans - Listening with a stethoscope

Percussion Right Ans - taking hands and beating over certain parts of body

Medical Imaging Right Ans - methods of viewing the inside of the body
without surgery, i.e. radiology

Gross Anatomy Right Ans - Study of structures that can be seen with the
naked eye

Histology Right Ans - the study of the microscopic structure of tissues

Histopathology Right Ans - microscopic examination of tissues for signs of
disease

Cytology Right Ans - study of structure and function of cells

Ultrastructure Right Ans - fine detail, down to the molecular level, revealed
by the electron microscope

Subdisciplines of Physiology Right Ans - neurophysiology, endocrinology,
pathophysiology

Neurophysiology Right Ans - physiology of the nervous system

Endocrinology Right Ans - study of hormones

Pathophysiology Right Ans - mechanisms of disease

Hippocrates Right Ans - Father of medicine

,Scientific Fact Right Ans - information that can be independently verified

Law of Nature Right Ans - a generalization about the predictable ways in
which matter and energy behave

Theory Right Ans - explanatory statement or set of statements derived
from facts, laws and confirmed hypotheses

Bipedalism Right Ans - the ability to walk upright on two legs

The Hierarchy of Complexity Right Ans - Organ system-organs-tissues-
cells-organelles-molecules-atoms

situs invertus Right Ans - heart is on the opposite side

Organization Right Ans - living things exhibit a higher level of organization
than nonliving things

Cellular Composition Right Ans - living matter is always
compartmentalized into one or more cells

Metabolism Right Ans - internal chemical reactions; the sum of all
biochemical events that occur in the body

Responsiveness Right Ans - ability to sense and react to stimuli (irritability
or excitability)

Movement Right Ans - of organism and/or of substances within the
organism

Characteristics of life Right Ans - organization, cellular composition,
metabolism, responsiveness and movement, homeostasis, development,
reproduction, evolution

Homeostasis Right Ans - the ability to detect change, activate mechanisms
that oppose it and thereby maintain stable internal conditions

, Physiological Variation Right Ans - Sex, age, diet, weight, physical activity,
genetics and environment

Feedback Loops Right Ans - biological mechanisms where homeostasis is
maintained

Homeostasis in Body Temperature Right Ans - -If too warm, vessels dilate
in the skin and sweating begins (heat-losing mechanism)
-If too cold, vessels in the skin constrict and shivering begins (heat-gaining
mechanism)

Negative Feedback Right Ans - a mechanism of response in which a
stimulus initiates reactions that reduce the stimulus

Receptor Right Ans - structure that senses change in the body

Integrating (control) Center Right Ans - control center that processes the
sensory information, "makes a decision," and directs the response

Effector Right Ans - cell or organ that carries out the final corrective action
to restore homeostasis

Positive Feedback Right Ans - Self-amplifying cycle where the feedback
loop is repeated. Normal way of producing rapid changes. Can sometimes be
dangerous. ex. childbirth

Gradient Right Ans - a difference in chemical concentration, charge,
temperature, or pressure between two points. Chemicals flow down
concentration gradients. Charged particles flow down electrical gradients.
Heat flows down thermal gradients.

CT Scan Right Ans - computed tomography scan

MRI Right Ans - magnetic resonance imaging

PET scan Right Ans - a visual display of brain activity that detects where a
radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task

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