STUDENT STUDY GUIDE for APHY 101 MIDTERM Question And Answers
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APHY 101
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APHY 101
STUDENT STUDY GUIDE for APHY 101
MIDTERM Question And Answers
What is the difference between anatomy and physiology? - answerAnatomy is the study of
structures in the body and physiology is the study of functions of the body
What are the levels of organization? - answersubatomic particles, atom...
STUDENT STUDY GUIDE for APHY 101
MIDTERM Question And Answers
What is the difference between anatomy and physiology? - answer✔Anatomy is the study of
structures in the body and physiology is the study of functions of the body
What are the levels of organization? - answer✔subatomic particles, atom, molecule,
macromolecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
macromolecule - answer✔protein molecule, DNA molecule
organelle - answer✔mitochondrion, golgi apparatus
cell - answer✔muscle cell, nerve cell
tissue - answer✔simple squamous epithelium, bone
organ - answer✔skin, femur, heart, kidney
organ system - answer✔integumentary system, skeletal system, digestive system
organism - answer✔human
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✔product 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 of absorbed substances into different chemical forms
Excretion - answer✔removal of wastes produced by metabolic reactions
What are the requirements of life? - answer✔water, food, oxygen, heat, pressure
heat - answer✔to help regulate the rates of metabolic reactions
pressure - answer✔atmospheric pressure for breathing; hydrostatic pressure to help circulate
blood
oxygen - answer✔to help release energy from food substances
Define homeostasis - answer✔the body's ability to maintain a stable internal environment
what is a homeostatic mechanism? - answer✔how the body maintains homeostasis through
self-regulating
receptors - answer✔provide information about specific conditions in the internal environment
define matter - answer✔matter is anything that has weight and takes up space
what is the basic unit of matter - answer✔atoms
define element - answer✔matter with specific chemical properties
define atom - answer✔smallest unit of an element that has the chemical properties of that
element
what is the structure of an atom - answer✔nucleus made of protons and neutrons, electron
cloud
proton - answer✔positive charge
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