QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ skeletal system. Answer: Protects and supports body organs and
provides a framework the muscles use to support movement. Made
up of bones and joints
◉ reproductive system. Answer: Reproduce offspring- produce male
sex cells (sperm) and female sex cells (oocytes)
◉ Muscular System. Answer: Allows manipulation of the
environment, locomotion, and facial expression. Maintains posture,
and produces heat.
◉ endocrine system. Answer: the body's "slow" chemical
communication system; a set of glands that secrete hormones into
the bloodstream
◉ integumentary system. Answer: Consists of the skin, mucous
membranes, hair, and nail, protects
◉ Respritory system. Answer: Keeps blood supplied with oxygen
and removes CO2.
,◉ cardiovascular system. Answer: Blood vessels transport blood,
which carries oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, wastes, etc. The
heart pumps blood.
◉ urinary system. Answer: Cleanses the blood. Rids the body of
wastes. Maintains salt and water balance.
◉ digestive system. Answer: Breaks down food into absorbable units
that enter the blood for distribution to body cells.
◉ nervous system. Answer: the body's speedy, electrochemical
communication network, consisting of all the nerve cells of the
peripheral and central nervous systems
◉ lymphatic system. Answer: Composed of a network of vessels,
ducts, nodes, and organs. Provides defense against infection.
◉ positive feedback mechanisms. Answer: Feedback that tends to
cause the level of a variable to change in the same direction as an
initial change
◉ negative feedback mechanisms. Answer: the net effect of the
response to the stimulus is to shut off the original stimulus or
reduce its intensity
, ◉ homeostatic imbalance. Answer: a disturbance in homeostasis
resulting in disease
◉ anatomy. Answer: The study of body structure
◉ physiology. Answer: The study of body function
◉ anatomical position. Answer: To stand erect with arms at the
sides and palms of the hands turned forward
◉ anterior. Answer: front of the body
◉ posterior. Answer: back of body
◉ superficial. Answer: near the surface
◉ deep. Answer: away from the surface
◉ superior. Answer: above
◉ inferior. Answer: below