xam A+ SCOREC c c c
ORRECT ANSWE c
RS 2023//2024 c
What is the difference between anatomy and physiology?
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Anatomy is the study of the structure of body parts, whereas physiology is thestudy
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of the function of body parts
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What are the levels of organization?
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subatomic particles, atom, molecule, macromolecule, organelle, cell, tissue,organ
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, organ system, organism
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What are the requirements of life?
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Water, food, oxygen, heat, pressure
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, What are the characteristics of life?
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Movement (internal or gross); Responsiveness (reaction to internal or external chan
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ge); Growth (increase in size without change in shape); Reproduction (new organis
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ms or new cells); Respiration (use of oxygen; removal of CO2); Digestion (breakdow
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n of food); Absorption (movement of substances through membranes and into fluid
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s); Circulation (movement within body fluids); Assimilation (changingnutrients into
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chemically different forms); Excretion (removal of metabolic wastes)
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Define homeostasis c
Body's maintenance of a stable environment
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What is a homeostatic mechanism?
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the body maintains homeostasis through a number of self-
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regulating controlsystems; examples are regulating body temperature and pressure s
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ensitive receptors to regulate body pressure
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Define matter c
Anything that takes up space and has mass (weight). It is composed of elements.
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Define element c
fundamental substance composed of chemically identical atomsDefine c c c c c c c c
atoms
smallest particle of an element; basic unit of matter
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What is the structure of an atom?
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An atom consists of a nucleus containing protons and neutrons, with electrons inorbit
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around the nucleus.
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Atomic nucleus c
the nucleus contains protons and neutrons
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