ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM
REVIEW QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS PASSED 100%
Homeostasis - Correct Answer ✔✔ the ability for an organism to maintain internal
equilibrium by changing its physiology process
Anatomical position - Correct Answer ✔✔ the body is assumed to be standing, the feet
together, the arms to the side and the head, eyes, and palms of the hands facing
forwards
Superior - Correct Answer ✔✔ above, over
inferior - Correct Answer ✔✔ below, under
medial - Correct Answer ✔✔ toward the side, away from midline
proximal - Correct Answer ✔✔ near, closer to the orgin
distal - Correct Answer ✔✔ away from, farther from the orgin
superficial - Correct Answer ✔✔ more external
deep - Correct Answer ✔✔ more internal
Sagittal plane - Correct Answer ✔✔ vertical plane through body, divides right from left
midsagittal plane - Correct Answer ✔✔ sagittal plane that divides body into equal left
and right regions
parasagittal plane - Correct Answer ✔✔ sagittal plane that divided the body into
unequal right and left regions
frontal/coronal plane - Correct Answer ✔✔ vertical plane through body, divided anterior
and posterior regions
transverse plane - Correct Answer ✔✔ horizontal plane through body, divides
midsection into superior and inferior regions
Organ systems - Correct Answer ✔✔ skeletal, muscular, circulatory, nervous,
respiratory, digestive, excretory, endocrine, reproductive, and lymphatic
, excretory system - Correct Answer ✔✔ filters waste
endocrine system - Correct Answer ✔✔ relay chemicals through body
lymphatic system - Correct Answer ✔✔ immunity
cell membrane - Correct Answer ✔✔ forms a bilayer of phospholipids
molecules - Correct Answer ✔✔ lipids composed of protiens, and small amount of
carbohydrates
Mitochondria - Correct Answer ✔✔ membranous, elongated fluid filled sacs: transform
energy into usable form
Peroxisomes - Correct Answer ✔✔ membranos cells that carry out oxidative reactions,
such as oxidation of alcohol in the liver
Lysosomes - Correct Answer ✔✔ membranous, digest bacteria, viruses, antoxins
ER - Correct Answer ✔✔ membranous, transports molecules from one cell part to
another
golgi apparatus - Correct Answer ✔✔ membranous, stacked and flattened sacs
Cytoskeleton - Correct Answer ✔✔ nonmembranous, one of two cylinrical cellular
structures that are composed of nine triplet microtubeles and form the asters during
mitosis
Centrioles - Correct Answer ✔✔ nonmembranous, one of two cylindrical cellular
structures that are composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during
mitosis
Ribosomes - Correct Answer ✔✔ nonmembranous, granule contaning protein and RNA;
site of protein synthesis
Nucleus - Correct Answer ✔✔ houses genetic material, which directs all cell activity
Differentiation - Correct Answer ✔✔ process by which cells develop differnt
characteristics in structure and function
Apoptosis - Correct Answer ✔✔ cell death
4 types of tissue - Correct Answer ✔✔ Epithelia, Connective, Muscle, Nervous
simple - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1 layer
REVIEW QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS PASSED 100%
Homeostasis - Correct Answer ✔✔ the ability for an organism to maintain internal
equilibrium by changing its physiology process
Anatomical position - Correct Answer ✔✔ the body is assumed to be standing, the feet
together, the arms to the side and the head, eyes, and palms of the hands facing
forwards
Superior - Correct Answer ✔✔ above, over
inferior - Correct Answer ✔✔ below, under
medial - Correct Answer ✔✔ toward the side, away from midline
proximal - Correct Answer ✔✔ near, closer to the orgin
distal - Correct Answer ✔✔ away from, farther from the orgin
superficial - Correct Answer ✔✔ more external
deep - Correct Answer ✔✔ more internal
Sagittal plane - Correct Answer ✔✔ vertical plane through body, divides right from left
midsagittal plane - Correct Answer ✔✔ sagittal plane that divides body into equal left
and right regions
parasagittal plane - Correct Answer ✔✔ sagittal plane that divided the body into
unequal right and left regions
frontal/coronal plane - Correct Answer ✔✔ vertical plane through body, divided anterior
and posterior regions
transverse plane - Correct Answer ✔✔ horizontal plane through body, divides
midsection into superior and inferior regions
Organ systems - Correct Answer ✔✔ skeletal, muscular, circulatory, nervous,
respiratory, digestive, excretory, endocrine, reproductive, and lymphatic
, excretory system - Correct Answer ✔✔ filters waste
endocrine system - Correct Answer ✔✔ relay chemicals through body
lymphatic system - Correct Answer ✔✔ immunity
cell membrane - Correct Answer ✔✔ forms a bilayer of phospholipids
molecules - Correct Answer ✔✔ lipids composed of protiens, and small amount of
carbohydrates
Mitochondria - Correct Answer ✔✔ membranous, elongated fluid filled sacs: transform
energy into usable form
Peroxisomes - Correct Answer ✔✔ membranos cells that carry out oxidative reactions,
such as oxidation of alcohol in the liver
Lysosomes - Correct Answer ✔✔ membranous, digest bacteria, viruses, antoxins
ER - Correct Answer ✔✔ membranous, transports molecules from one cell part to
another
golgi apparatus - Correct Answer ✔✔ membranous, stacked and flattened sacs
Cytoskeleton - Correct Answer ✔✔ nonmembranous, one of two cylinrical cellular
structures that are composed of nine triplet microtubeles and form the asters during
mitosis
Centrioles - Correct Answer ✔✔ nonmembranous, one of two cylindrical cellular
structures that are composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during
mitosis
Ribosomes - Correct Answer ✔✔ nonmembranous, granule contaning protein and RNA;
site of protein synthesis
Nucleus - Correct Answer ✔✔ houses genetic material, which directs all cell activity
Differentiation - Correct Answer ✔✔ process by which cells develop differnt
characteristics in structure and function
Apoptosis - Correct Answer ✔✔ cell death
4 types of tissue - Correct Answer ✔✔ Epithelia, Connective, Muscle, Nervous
simple - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1 layer
