EXAM QUESTIOTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What is the study of the form and structure of an organism? - ANSWER-
anatomy
What is the study of the processes of living organisms or why and how
they work? - ANSWER- physiologyy
What is the study of how diseases occur and the responses of living
organisms to disease processes? - ANSWER- pathophysiology
What is the basic substance of all life made up of carbon, oxygen,
hydrogen sulfur, nitrogen and phosphorus? - ANSWER- protoplasm
What is the asexual cellular process that forms two identical cells? -
ANSWER- mitosis
What are cells of the same type that join together for a common
purpose? - ANSWER- tissue
What is the condition when there is an excess amount of tissue fluid or
swelling of tissues? - ANSWER- edema
,What are the four main groups of tissue? - ANSWER- epithelial,
connective, nerve and muscle tissue
What type of tissue covers the surface of the body and forms the lining
of the intestinal, respiratory, circulatory and urinary tracts? - ANSWER-
epithelial
What type of tissue is the supporting fabric of organs and other body
parts and consists of soft and hard? - ANSWER- connective
What type of connective tissue includes adipose or fatty tissue which
insulates the body and acts as a padding? - ANSWER- Soft connective
tissue
What type of connective tissue includes cartilage and bone? -
ANSWER- Hard connective tissue
Which body system protects the body from injury, infection and
dehydration to help regulate body temperature and eliminate waste? -
ANSWER- Integumentary
Which body system creates a framework for the body and protects
internal organs and produces blood cells? - ANSWER- skeletal
Which body system produces movement, protects internal organs,
produces body heat and maintains posture? - ANSWER- Muscular
Which body system coordinates and controls body activities? -
ANSWER- nervous
Which body system carries oxygen and nutrients to body cells and
carries waste products away from the cells to help produce cells to fight
infection? - ANSWER- Circulatory
,Which body system carries some tissue fluid and wastes to blood and
assists with fighting infection? - ANSWER- lymphatic
Which body system breathes in oxygen and eliminates carbon dioxide? -
ANSWER- respiratory
Which body system digests food physically and chemically while
transporting food, absorbing nutrients, and eliminating waste? -
ANSWER- Digestive
Which body system filters blood to maintain fluid and electrolyte
balance in the body and eliminates waste? - ANSWER- urinary
Which body system produces and secretes hormones to regulate body
processes? - ANSWER- Endocrine
Which body plane divides the body into top and bottom halves? -
ANSWER- transverse
Which body plane divides the body into right and left sides? -
ANSWER- Midsagittal or median
Which body system divides the body into a front and back section? -
ANSWER- frontal or coronal
Which body cavity contains the brain? - ANSWER- cranial
Which body cavity contains the spinal cord? - ANSWER- spinal cavity
Which body cavity is located in the chest and contains the esophagus,
trachea, bronchi, lungs, heart and large blood vessels? - ANSWER-
thoracic
, Which body system is divided into an upper and lower part and contains
the stomach, small intestine, large intestine, appendix, liver, gallbladder,
pancreas and spleen? - ANSWER- abdominal
What are the three main layers of skin? - ANSWER- epidermis, dermis,
subcutaneous
What are the two main layers of the epidermis? - ANSWER- stratum
corneum -outermost
stratum germinativum- innermost
What is the outermost layer of skin? - ANSWER- epidermis
What is the layer of tissue that contains blood vessels, nerves,
involuntary muscles and sweat and oil glands? - ANSWER- Dermis
What is the innermost layer of the skin made up of elastic and fibrous
connective tissue and connects the skin to underlying muscles? -
ANSWER- subcutaneous fascia or hypodermis
What are the two main types of glands? - ANSWER- sudoriferous and
sebaceous glands
What are sweat glands called? - ANSWER- sudoriferous glands
What are oil glands? - ANSWER- sebaceous glands
Condition of baldness? - ANSWER- alopecia
What are the functions of the integumentary system? - ANSWER-
protection, sensory perception, body temperature regulation, storage,
absorption, absorption, excretion, and production
What are the two pigments? - ANSWER- melanin and carotene