BIO 117 EXAM 1 2026 BASIC GENETICS REVIEW QUESTIONS ANSWERS VERIFIED GUIDE

BIO 117 EXAM 1 2026 BASIC GENETICS REVIEW
QUESTIONS ANSWERS VERIFIED GUIDE

◉ Physiology.
Answer: Study of function


◉ Pathophysiology.
Answer: the study of how disease processes affect the function of the
body


◉ Anatomical position.
Answer: erect, feet forward, arms at side with palms facing forward,
head facing forward


◉ Anterior (ventral).
Answer: front of the body; toward the front


◉ Posterior (dorsal).
Answer: back of body


◉ Proximal.
Answer: Closer to the point of attachment

,◉ Distal.
Answer: farther from the origin of a body part or the point of
attachment of a limb to the body trunk


◉ Homeostasis.
Answer: Maintaining a stable internal environment


◉ negative feedback.
Answer: a mechanism of response in which a stimulus initiates
reactions that reduce the stimulus


◉ Superior.
Answer: above another structure


◉ Inferior.
Answer: Lower on the body, farther from the head


◉ Lateral.
Answer: away from the midline


◉ Medial.

, Answer: toward the midline


◉ Central.
Answer: located in the center of a thing or place


◉ Peripheral.
Answer: away from the center of the body


◉ Superficial.
Answer: near the surface


◉ Deep.
Answer: Away from the body surface; more internal


◉ Saggital plane.
Answer: divides the body into a right and left side


◉ Coronal plane (frontal plane).
Answer: vertical division of the body into front (anterior) and back
(posterior) portions


◉ transverse plane.