PRINCIPLES OF ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY 15TH EDITION TEST BANK
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ What is developmental anatomy? Answer: Tracing structural changes
that occur in the body throughout the life span -- Embryology is a
subdivision of developmental anatomy that concerns developmental
changes occurring before birth
⩥ What are some subdivisions of physiology. Answer: renal physiology
(operation of kidney), neurophysiology (nervous system), and
cardiovascular physiology (operation of the heart and blood vessels)
⩥ What is the principle of complementarity? Answer: anatomy and
physiology are inseparable, the function always refects structure and
what a structure can do depends on its specific form.
⩥ In what way does physiology depend of anatomy. Answer: the
operation or function of a structure is dictated by its anatomy
⩥ Would you be studying anatomy or physiology if you investigated
how muscles shorten? If you explored the location of the lungs in the
,body?. Answer: Muscle shortening is a topic of physiology. The body
location of the lungs is an anatomy topic.
⩥ What are the levels of structural organization?. Answer: chemical
(atoms and molecules), cellular, tissue, organ, organ system and
organismal level
⩥ What does the digestive system do?. Answer: takes in nutrients,
breaks them down into simple molecules that can be absorbed into the
blood, and eliminates unabsorbed matter (feces)
⩥ What does the respiratory system do?. Answer: takes in oxygen and
eliminates carbon dioxide
⩥ What does the urinary system do?. Answer: eliminates nitrogenous
wastes and excess ions
⩥ What does the cardiovascular system do?. Answer: via the blood,
distributes oxygen and nutrients to all body cells and delivers wastes and
carbon dioxide to deposal organs
⩥ What does the integumentary system do?. Answer: Skin, hair and nails
protect the body as a whole from the external environment - drying out,
bacteria, heat, sunlight, chemicals
, ⩥ all ____ depend on organ systems to meet their survival needs.
Answer: cells
⩥ _____ ____ work cooperatively to perform necessary life functions.
Answer: organ systems
⩥ Integumentary system. Answer: Forms the external body covering and
protects deeper tissues from injury - made up of hair, nails and skin
⩥ Skeletal System. Answer: Protects and supports body organs and
provides a framework the muscles use to support movement. Made up of
bones and joints
⩥ Muscular system. Answer: Allows manipulation of the environment,
locomotion, and facial expression. Made up of skeletal muscles
⩥ Nervous system. Answer: The fast acting control system of the body;
it responds to internal and external changes by activating appropriate
muscles muscles and glands. Made up of the the brain, nerves and spinal
cord
⩥ Endocrine system. Answer: Glands secrete hormones that regulate
processes such as growth, reproduction, and nutrient use (metabolism)
by body cells. Mad up of pineal, pituitary, thyroid and adrenal glands,
thymus, pancreas, ovaries and testis
PHYSIOLOGY 15TH EDITION TEST BANK
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ What is developmental anatomy? Answer: Tracing structural changes
that occur in the body throughout the life span -- Embryology is a
subdivision of developmental anatomy that concerns developmental
changes occurring before birth
⩥ What are some subdivisions of physiology. Answer: renal physiology
(operation of kidney), neurophysiology (nervous system), and
cardiovascular physiology (operation of the heart and blood vessels)
⩥ What is the principle of complementarity? Answer: anatomy and
physiology are inseparable, the function always refects structure and
what a structure can do depends on its specific form.
⩥ In what way does physiology depend of anatomy. Answer: the
operation or function of a structure is dictated by its anatomy
⩥ Would you be studying anatomy or physiology if you investigated
how muscles shorten? If you explored the location of the lungs in the
,body?. Answer: Muscle shortening is a topic of physiology. The body
location of the lungs is an anatomy topic.
⩥ What are the levels of structural organization?. Answer: chemical
(atoms and molecules), cellular, tissue, organ, organ system and
organismal level
⩥ What does the digestive system do?. Answer: takes in nutrients,
breaks them down into simple molecules that can be absorbed into the
blood, and eliminates unabsorbed matter (feces)
⩥ What does the respiratory system do?. Answer: takes in oxygen and
eliminates carbon dioxide
⩥ What does the urinary system do?. Answer: eliminates nitrogenous
wastes and excess ions
⩥ What does the cardiovascular system do?. Answer: via the blood,
distributes oxygen and nutrients to all body cells and delivers wastes and
carbon dioxide to deposal organs
⩥ What does the integumentary system do?. Answer: Skin, hair and nails
protect the body as a whole from the external environment - drying out,
bacteria, heat, sunlight, chemicals
, ⩥ all ____ depend on organ systems to meet their survival needs.
Answer: cells
⩥ _____ ____ work cooperatively to perform necessary life functions.
Answer: organ systems
⩥ Integumentary system. Answer: Forms the external body covering and
protects deeper tissues from injury - made up of hair, nails and skin
⩥ Skeletal System. Answer: Protects and supports body organs and
provides a framework the muscles use to support movement. Made up of
bones and joints
⩥ Muscular system. Answer: Allows manipulation of the environment,
locomotion, and facial expression. Made up of skeletal muscles
⩥ Nervous system. Answer: The fast acting control system of the body;
it responds to internal and external changes by activating appropriate
muscles muscles and glands. Made up of the the brain, nerves and spinal
cord
⩥ Endocrine system. Answer: Glands secrete hormones that regulate
processes such as growth, reproduction, and nutrient use (metabolism)
by body cells. Mad up of pineal, pituitary, thyroid and adrenal glands,
thymus, pancreas, ovaries and testis
