ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 101 FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS NEW
MODIFIED
what are the characteristics of life? --ANSWER--movement
responsiveness
respiration
absorption
secretion
digestion
assimilation- changing of absorbed substances into chemically different forms
circulation
reproduction
growth
what are the requirements of life? --ANSWER--water
food
heat
pressure
oxygen
define homeostasis --ANSWER--maintaining of a stable enviroment
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,what is a homeostatic mechanism --ANSWER--monitors aspects of internal
environment and corrects as needed
*negative feedback mechanism
define matter --ANSWER--anything that takes up space and has mass
element --ANSWER--composed of chemically identical atoms
atom --ANSWER--smallest particle of atom, basic unit of matter
what are structure of an atom --ANSWER--nucleus
protons
neutron
electrons
define nucleus, proton, electron, neutron --ANSWER--nucleus- central part of
atom
proton- positive charge
electron- negative charge
neutron- no electrical charge
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, What is the difference between anatomy and physiology --ANSWER--anatomy-
study of structure
physiology- study of function
what are the levels of organization --ANSWER--subatomic particle- protons,
electrons, neutrons
atom
molecule
macromolecule
organelle
cell
tissue
organ
organ system
organism
ionic bond --ANSWER--formed when electrons are transferred from one atom
to another
what are covalent bonds --ANSWER--when two molecules share electron
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QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS NEW
MODIFIED
what are the characteristics of life? --ANSWER--movement
responsiveness
respiration
absorption
secretion
digestion
assimilation- changing of absorbed substances into chemically different forms
circulation
reproduction
growth
what are the requirements of life? --ANSWER--water
food
heat
pressure
oxygen
define homeostasis --ANSWER--maintaining of a stable enviroment
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,what is a homeostatic mechanism --ANSWER--monitors aspects of internal
environment and corrects as needed
*negative feedback mechanism
define matter --ANSWER--anything that takes up space and has mass
element --ANSWER--composed of chemically identical atoms
atom --ANSWER--smallest particle of atom, basic unit of matter
what are structure of an atom --ANSWER--nucleus
protons
neutron
electrons
define nucleus, proton, electron, neutron --ANSWER--nucleus- central part of
atom
proton- positive charge
electron- negative charge
neutron- no electrical charge
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, What is the difference between anatomy and physiology --ANSWER--anatomy-
study of structure
physiology- study of function
what are the levels of organization --ANSWER--subatomic particle- protons,
electrons, neutrons
atom
molecule
macromolecule
organelle
cell
tissue
organ
organ system
organism
ionic bond --ANSWER--formed when electrons are transferred from one atom
to another
what are covalent bonds --ANSWER--when two molecules share electron
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