BIO 117 Final Exam Review: BIO 117 Final Exam Review Notes
What is the function of the urinary system? - ANSWER:removes nitrogen-containing wastes from the
blood as urine; regulates water, electrolyte, and acid-base balance of the blood; helps regulate normal
blood pressure
What is the function of the respiratory system? - ANSWER:supply 02 and remove c02; gas exchange at air
sacs in lungs and cells of the body
What is the function of lymphatic system? - ANSWER:return of excess tissue fluid to the blood stream;
disposes of debris in the lymphatic fluid; houses white blood cells involved in immunity
What is the function of the endocrine system? - ANSWER:slow-acting control system of the body;
regulate body processes such as growth, reproduction, and nutrient use by body cells through hormones
What is the function of the integumentary system? - ANSWER:protection; vitamin D synthesis; excretion;
temperature regulation; sensations
What are the two layers of skin? - ANSWER:epidermis and dermis
What are the five layers of the epidermis? - ANSWER:stratum basale, stratum spinosum, stratum
granulosum, stratum lucidum, stratum corneum
Kidney's are ______________ to the heart? - ANSWER:lateral
Uterus is _________ to the urinary bladder? - ANSWER:superior
what is found in the dorsal cavity? - ANSWER:brain and spinal cord
what is found in the ventral cavity? - ANSWER:abdominal, pelvic and thoracic
what organelle packages and sorts things out? - ANSWER:Golgi apparatus
What is the site of protein synthesis? - ANSWER:ribosomes
What are the 6 levels of organization? - ANSWER:chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, system, organismal
In what stage, does the nuclear envelope start to appear? - ANSWER:Prophase
What stage do chromosomes move apart? - ANSWER:Anaphase
What part of the CNS is involuntary? - ANSWER:Autonomic
Which is not a neuroglia cell in the CNS? - ANSWER:Chondrocyte
What is a chondrocyte? - ANSWER:cartilage cell
What is a osteocyte? - ANSWER:a bone cell, formed when an osteoblast becomes embedded in the
matrix it has secreted
What transmits electrical impulses? - ANSWER:neurons
, What tissue stores lipids (fat)? - ANSWER:Adipose Tissue
What tissue lines the alveolar sacs of the lungs? - ANSWER:Simple squamous epithelial tissue
What is pseudostratified epithelial tissue? - ANSWER:one layer of taller than wide cells resting on a
basement membrane; however all cells don't reach apical surface; contains goblet cells; lines the trachea
and bronchi of the respiratory system
What are the specialized cells of pseudostratified columnar ET? - ANSWER:goblet cells
What muscle is your whistling muscle? - ANSWER:buccinator
What muscle is your smiling muscle? - ANSWER:zygomaticus
What makes your hair stick up when cold? - ANSWER:arrector pili
What are the parts of the diecephalon? - ANSWER:epithalamus, thalamus, hypothalamus
What are the parts of the brain stem? - ANSWER:midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata
What part of the brain controls balance? - ANSWER:cerebellum
What part of the brain is used for higher level thinking? - ANSWER:cerebrum
What is the medulla oblongata function? - ANSWER:conduct nerve signals to and from the body
What is the relay station of the brain? - ANSWER:thalamus
What is a thermoceptor found? - ANSWER:skin
What is a chemoreceptor found ? - ANSWER:mouth
What is a proprioceptor found? - ANSWER:all over the body
What receptors are found in the back of the eye? - ANSWER:photoreceptors
What is melanin? - ANSWER:determines skin color
What is the first step of protein synthese? - ANSWER:transcription
Where does transcription occur? - ANSWER:nucleus
Where does translation occur? - ANSWER:cytoplasm
(T or F) Radius is medial to the ulna - ANSWER:FALSE
The tibia is ___________ to fibula? - ANSWER:medial
What is the movement of substances through membrane that requires energy? - ANSWER:active
transport
What are examples of active transport? - ANSWER:sodium potassium pump, endocytosis, exocytosis
What is the movement of substances through membrane that does not require energy? -
ANSWER:passive transport
What is the function of the urinary system? - ANSWER:removes nitrogen-containing wastes from the
blood as urine; regulates water, electrolyte, and acid-base balance of the blood; helps regulate normal
blood pressure
What is the function of the respiratory system? - ANSWER:supply 02 and remove c02; gas exchange at air
sacs in lungs and cells of the body
What is the function of lymphatic system? - ANSWER:return of excess tissue fluid to the blood stream;
disposes of debris in the lymphatic fluid; houses white blood cells involved in immunity
What is the function of the endocrine system? - ANSWER:slow-acting control system of the body;
regulate body processes such as growth, reproduction, and nutrient use by body cells through hormones
What is the function of the integumentary system? - ANSWER:protection; vitamin D synthesis; excretion;
temperature regulation; sensations
What are the two layers of skin? - ANSWER:epidermis and dermis
What are the five layers of the epidermis? - ANSWER:stratum basale, stratum spinosum, stratum
granulosum, stratum lucidum, stratum corneum
Kidney's are ______________ to the heart? - ANSWER:lateral
Uterus is _________ to the urinary bladder? - ANSWER:superior
what is found in the dorsal cavity? - ANSWER:brain and spinal cord
what is found in the ventral cavity? - ANSWER:abdominal, pelvic and thoracic
what organelle packages and sorts things out? - ANSWER:Golgi apparatus
What is the site of protein synthesis? - ANSWER:ribosomes
What are the 6 levels of organization? - ANSWER:chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, system, organismal
In what stage, does the nuclear envelope start to appear? - ANSWER:Prophase
What stage do chromosomes move apart? - ANSWER:Anaphase
What part of the CNS is involuntary? - ANSWER:Autonomic
Which is not a neuroglia cell in the CNS? - ANSWER:Chondrocyte
What is a chondrocyte? - ANSWER:cartilage cell
What is a osteocyte? - ANSWER:a bone cell, formed when an osteoblast becomes embedded in the
matrix it has secreted
What transmits electrical impulses? - ANSWER:neurons
, What tissue stores lipids (fat)? - ANSWER:Adipose Tissue
What tissue lines the alveolar sacs of the lungs? - ANSWER:Simple squamous epithelial tissue
What is pseudostratified epithelial tissue? - ANSWER:one layer of taller than wide cells resting on a
basement membrane; however all cells don't reach apical surface; contains goblet cells; lines the trachea
and bronchi of the respiratory system
What are the specialized cells of pseudostratified columnar ET? - ANSWER:goblet cells
What muscle is your whistling muscle? - ANSWER:buccinator
What muscle is your smiling muscle? - ANSWER:zygomaticus
What makes your hair stick up when cold? - ANSWER:arrector pili
What are the parts of the diecephalon? - ANSWER:epithalamus, thalamus, hypothalamus
What are the parts of the brain stem? - ANSWER:midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata
What part of the brain controls balance? - ANSWER:cerebellum
What part of the brain is used for higher level thinking? - ANSWER:cerebrum
What is the medulla oblongata function? - ANSWER:conduct nerve signals to and from the body
What is the relay station of the brain? - ANSWER:thalamus
What is a thermoceptor found? - ANSWER:skin
What is a chemoreceptor found ? - ANSWER:mouth
What is a proprioceptor found? - ANSWER:all over the body
What receptors are found in the back of the eye? - ANSWER:photoreceptors
What is melanin? - ANSWER:determines skin color
What is the first step of protein synthese? - ANSWER:transcription
Where does transcription occur? - ANSWER:nucleus
Where does translation occur? - ANSWER:cytoplasm
(T or F) Radius is medial to the ulna - ANSWER:FALSE
The tibia is ___________ to fibula? - ANSWER:medial
What is the movement of substances through membrane that requires energy? - ANSWER:active
transport
What are examples of active transport? - ANSWER:sodium potassium pump, endocytosis, exocytosis
What is the movement of substances through membrane that does not require energy? -
ANSWER:passive transport
