ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY 101- EXAM 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS & UPDATED ANSWERS

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY 101- EXAM 1
REVIEW QUESTIONS & UPDATED ANSWERS
1. Least to most complex struc- chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, system, organism
tural organization

2. Homeostasis a condition of equilibrium in the body's internal
environment maintained by a regulatory process

3. Negative feedback disruption of homeostasis causes a chain reaction that
brings the
body back to normal conditions (ex: body temperature
and blood pressure)

4. Positive feedback disruption of homeostasis causes further deviations (ex:
labor and
blood clots)

5. Anatomical position hands at side, palms facing forward, feet together, and
viewing
anterior side of the body

6. Supine laying on back

7. Prone laying on stomach

8. Sagittal plane cuts body into left and right sides

9. Mid-sagittal plane cuts body right down the middle

10. Frontal plane splits body into anterior and posterior halves (front and
back)

11. Transverse plane splits body into upper and lower halves

12. Anterior/ventral front of the body

13. posterior/dorsal back of body
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, ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY 101- EXAM 1
REVIEW QUESTIONS & UPDATED ANSWERS
14. cranial/cephalic brain

15. caudal tailbone




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