HCB 101 Exam Questions with Correct Answers
Tissue - Answer-Fabric of the body. There are four main types of tissue: epithelial, connective, muscular, and nervous.
Epithelial - Answer-Forms the outer covering of the body known as the free surface of the skin.
Connective - Answer-The supporti...
HCB 101 Exam Questions
with Correct Answers
Tissue - Answer-Fabric of the body. There are four main types of tissue: epithelial,
connective, muscular, and nervous.
Epithelial - Answer-Forms the outer covering of the body known as the free surface of
the skin.
Connective - Answer-The supporting tissue of the various structures of the body. It has
many variations and is the most widespread tissue of the body (protection).
Muscular - Answer-Provides for all body movement. Three types of muscle tissue:
skeletal, smooth, and cardiac.
Nervous - Answer-Carries information from one part of the body to another through
nerve impulses.
Organ Level - Answer-Chemical structures organized within larger units to perform a
specific function.
System Level - Answer-The most complex of the organizational units of the body.
Involves varying numbers of kinds of organs arranged so that, together, they can
perform complex functions for the body. There are 11 major systems that make up the
human body.
Organismal Level - Answer-A collection of interactive parts that are capable of surviving
in hostile environments, with the ability to reproduce and repair damaged parts.
Characteristics of Living Matter - Answer-Digestion, metabolism, and homeostasis.
Digestion - Answer-Involves the physical and chemical breakdown of food into its
simplest forms.
Metabolism - Answer-Process of absorption, storage and use of these foods for body
growth, maintenance and repair.
Homeostasis - Answer-The body's self regulated control of its internal environment.
Allows the organism to maintain a state of constancy or equilibrium, in spite of vast
changes in the external environment.
,Respiratory System - Answer-Begins at the nose and ends in the most distal alveolus.
Made up of the nose, sinuses, pharynx, larynx, epiglottis, esophagus, vocal cords,
trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, terminal respiratory unit, thorax, sternum, and thoracic
cavity.
Sinuses - Answer-A cavity or hollow space in bone or other tissue.
Pharynx - Answer-The part of the digestive and respiratory tracts situates between the
cavity of the mouth and the esophagus.
Larynx - Answer-The modified upper part of the respiratory passage of air-breathing
vertebrates that is bounded above the glottis.
Epiglottis - Answer-A thin lamella of yellow elastic cartilage that ordinarily projects
upward behind the tongue and just in front of the glottis.
Esophagus - Answer-A muscular tube that passes from the pharynx down the neck
between the trachea and the spinal column.
Vocal cords - Answer-Where sound production is accomplished by the passing of air.
Trachea - Answer-The main trunk of the system of tubes by which air passes to and
from the lungs.
Bronchi - Answer-Either side of the two primary divisions of the trachea that lead
respectively into the right and the left lung.
Bronchioles - Answer-A minute thin walled branch of a bronchus.
Terminal Respiratory Unit - Answer-All alveoli and alveolar ducts beyond the most
proximal respiratory bronchiole.
Thorax - Answer-12 thoracic vertebrae. 12 pairs of ribs and their coastal cartilages.
True Ribs - Answer-Upper seven ribs connected to the sternum
False Ribs - Answer-Pairs 8-12 fall short of the sternum.
Floating Ribs - Answer-11 and 12 are pointed and end freely in the muscle of the
abdominal wall.
Sternum - Answer-A flat bone and consists of the manubrium, the body and xiphoid
process.
, Thoracic Cavity - Answer-Lies within the walls of the thorax and is separated from the
abdominal cavity by the diaphragm.
Pleura - Answer-Semi-permeable membrane surrounding the right and left lungs in the
thoracic cavity.
Visceral Layer - Answer-Covers the surface of the lung and is continuous with the
parietal layer around the mediastinal attachment of the lung at the lung root.
Parietal Layer - Answer-Covers the lateral aspect of the mediastinum, the upper surface
of the diaphragm and the inner aspect of the chest wall.
Mediastinum - Answer-Central partition between the lungs which includes the heart,
Great vessels, trachea, and esophagus.
Great Vessels - Answer-Aorta and vena cava
Upper Airway - Answer-Controls the flow of air into the lungs and food/fluids into the
esophagus.
Lower Airway - Answer-Considered conducting airways in which air is transported to the
gas-exchanging respiratory units.
TCRM - Answer-Using risk management concepts when time and resources are limited.
Situational Awareness - Answer-The degree of accuracy by which one's perception of
the current environment mirrors reality.
Green Risk - Answer-Little chance of serious error.
Yellow Risk - Answer-Higher chance of serious error.
Red Risk - Answer-Very high chance of serious error.
Swooshing Arrow - Answer-Return to good situational awareness.
Balance Resources - Answer-Make the risk decisions to mitigate risks.
Red Block - Answer-Policies, procedures, and routines.
Green Block - Answer-Checklist (instructions)
Aqua Block - Answer-Automation (fire alarm, lights, alarm clocks)
Gray Block - Answer-Knowledge, skill, and attitude (training, practice, drills)
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