portage learning 2025
Which is a physiological description rather than an anatomical one?
What organ system would include the thyroid gland and pancreas?
What organ system is responsible for coordination and integration of bodily functions as
well as detecting changes inside and outside the body?
What is the basic unit of function and structure in the human body?
The serous membrane that lines the wall of the abdominal cavity is called the _____.
The membrane that covers the surface of the abdominopelvic organs is called the
_____.
The physiological events that obtain, release, and use energy are largely part of _____.
The lungs are ______ to the heart.
The knee is _____ to the ankle.
The human body gains energy by _____ food via the mouth. Food is then broken down
to basic chemicals through the process of _____. In the small intestines, the chemicals
from food enter the body. This process is called _____. These chemicals are
transported through the blood to the cells of the body in a process called _____. The
cells will use these chemicals, along with oxygen, to gain energy in a process known as
_____. Some cells will use these chemicals to build new and more complex chemicals
in a process known as _____. Finally, not all substances taken into the body are used.
The body can get rid of unabsorbed materials and waste produced by metabolic
reactions in a process called _____. - ANSingesting; digestion; absorption; circulation;
respiration; assimilation; excretion
During a race, the body temperature of a runner increases. The runner responds by
perspiring (sweating), which lowers body temperature. This process is an example of a
__________.
D. There are fenestrations (openings) in the epithelial cells of capillary walls. - ANS
D. The muscles of the thigh are composed of skeletal muscle tissue.
D. parietal pleura; visceral pleura - ANSB. parietal peritoneum; visceral peritoneum
D. nervous - ANSD. nervous
D. metabolism - ANSD. metabolism
D. endocrine - ANSD. endocrine
D. deep - ANSA. lateral
D. atom - ANSA. cell
D. anterior - ANSB. proximal
C. visceral pleura; parietal pleura
C. tissue
C. The esophageal wall includes a middle layer of dense irregular connective tissue.
C. respiratory
C. reproduction
C. nervous
C. lateral
C. distal
B. The walls of blood capillaries are composed of a thin epithelium.
B. proximal
B. positive feedback mechanism - ANSA. negative feedback mechanism