Chamberlain BIOS 251 Exam 1
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What 4 ways do you examine the body? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Inspection,
Palpation, Auscultation and Percussion
Inspection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Seeing the body
Palpation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔to examine by touch
Auscultation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Listening with a stethoscope
Percussion - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔taking hands and beating over certain parts of
body
Medical Imaging - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔methods of viewing the inside of the body
without surgery, i.e. radiology
Gross Anatomy - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Study of structures that can be seen with
the naked eye
Histology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the study of the microscopic structure of tissues
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,Histopathology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔microscopic examination of tissues for
signs of disease
Cytology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔study of structure and function of cells
Ultrastructure - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔fine detail, down to the molecular level,
revealed by the electron microscope
Subdisciplines of Physiology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔neurophysiology,
endocrinology, pathophysiology
Neurophysiology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔physiology of the nervous system
Endocrinology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔study of hormones
Pathophysiology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔mechanisms of disease
Hippocrates - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Father of medicine
Scientific Fact - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔information that can be independently
verified
Law of Nature - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a generalization about the predictable ways
in which matter and energy behave
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,Theory - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔explanatory statement or set of statements derived
from facts, laws and confirmed hypotheses
Bipedalism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the ability to walk upright on two legs
The Hierarchy of Complexity - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Organ system-organs-
tissues-cells-organelles-molecules-atoms
situs invertus - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔heart is on the opposite side
Cellular Composition - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔living matter is always
compartmentalized into one or more cells
Metabolism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔internal chemical reactions; the sum of all
biochemical events that occur in the body
Responsiveness - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔ability to sense and react to stimuli
(irritability or excitability)
Movement - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔of organism and/or of substances within the
organism
Characteristics of life - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔organization, cellular composition,
metabolism, responsiveness and movement, homeostasis, development,
reproduction, evolution
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, Homeostasis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the ability to detect change, activate
mechanisms that oppose it and thereby maintain stable internal conditions
Physiological Variation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Sex, age, diet, weight, physical
activity, genetics and environment
Feedback Loops - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔biological mechanisms where
homeostasis is maintained
Homeostasis in Body Temperature - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-If too warm, vessels
dilate in the skin and sweating begins (heat-losing mechanism)
-If too cold, vessels in the skin constrict and shivering begins (heat-gaining
mechanism)
Negative Feedback - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a mechanism of response in which a
stimulus initiates reactions that reduce the stimulus
Receptor - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔structure that senses change in the body
Integrating (control) Center - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔control center that processes
the sensory information, "makes a decision," and directs the response
Effector - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔cell or organ that carries out the final corrective
action to restore homeostasis
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2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
| A+ Score Assured
What 4 ways do you examine the body? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Inspection,
Palpation, Auscultation and Percussion
Inspection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Seeing the body
Palpation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔to examine by touch
Auscultation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Listening with a stethoscope
Percussion - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔taking hands and beating over certain parts of
body
Medical Imaging - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔methods of viewing the inside of the body
without surgery, i.e. radiology
Gross Anatomy - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Study of structures that can be seen with
the naked eye
Histology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the study of the microscopic structure of tissues
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
1
,Histopathology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔microscopic examination of tissues for
signs of disease
Cytology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔study of structure and function of cells
Ultrastructure - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔fine detail, down to the molecular level,
revealed by the electron microscope
Subdisciplines of Physiology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔neurophysiology,
endocrinology, pathophysiology
Neurophysiology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔physiology of the nervous system
Endocrinology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔study of hormones
Pathophysiology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔mechanisms of disease
Hippocrates - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Father of medicine
Scientific Fact - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔information that can be independently
verified
Law of Nature - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a generalization about the predictable ways
in which matter and energy behave
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
2
,Theory - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔explanatory statement or set of statements derived
from facts, laws and confirmed hypotheses
Bipedalism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the ability to walk upright on two legs
The Hierarchy of Complexity - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Organ system-organs-
tissues-cells-organelles-molecules-atoms
situs invertus - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔heart is on the opposite side
Cellular Composition - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔living matter is always
compartmentalized into one or more cells
Metabolism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔internal chemical reactions; the sum of all
biochemical events that occur in the body
Responsiveness - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔ability to sense and react to stimuli
(irritability or excitability)
Movement - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔of organism and/or of substances within the
organism
Characteristics of life - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔organization, cellular composition,
metabolism, responsiveness and movement, homeostasis, development,
reproduction, evolution
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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, Homeostasis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the ability to detect change, activate
mechanisms that oppose it and thereby maintain stable internal conditions
Physiological Variation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Sex, age, diet, weight, physical
activity, genetics and environment
Feedback Loops - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔biological mechanisms where
homeostasis is maintained
Homeostasis in Body Temperature - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-If too warm, vessels
dilate in the skin and sweating begins (heat-losing mechanism)
-If too cold, vessels in the skin constrict and shivering begins (heat-gaining
mechanism)
Negative Feedback - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a mechanism of response in which a
stimulus initiates reactions that reduce the stimulus
Receptor - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔structure that senses change in the body
Integrating (control) Center - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔control center that processes
the sensory information, "makes a decision," and directs the response
Effector - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔cell or organ that carries out the final corrective
action to restore homeostasis
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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