Ch. 1,2,3 Practice Quiz

The study of the structure of individual cells is called...

The study of early developmental processes is termed

Arrange the following list of levels of organization from the smallest level to the largest level.

1. tissue
2. cell
3. organ
4. organelle
5. organism

The kidneys and urinary bladder are organs of the _____ system.

When body temperature rises, a center in the brain initiates physiological changes to decrease the body temperature. This is an example of?

Which one of the following is not a characteristic of the endocrine system?

A person facing forward with hands at the sides and palms facing forward is in the...

Which of the following regions corresponds to the lower back?

Which of the following regions corresponds to the upper arm?

A cut that passes parallel through the long axis of the body and divides the body into equal left and right halves is known as a?

The muscle known as the diaphragm separates the _____ from the _____.

The thoracic cavity contains the

In positive feedback, the initial stimulus produces a response that

The diaphragm divides the ventral body cavity into a superior _____ cavity and an inferior _____ cavity.

Anatomy is to _____ as physiology is to _____.

This type of feedback amplifies the effects of a system.

The four quadrants of the abdominopelvic region include

Which of the following is not considered an abdominopelvic region?

Identify an organ located within the pleural cavity.

A person is lying on the bed gazing at the ceiling. She is in the _____ position.

The right pleural cavity surrounds the

The abdominopelvic cavity includes

_____ is the study of life.

The simplest chemical units of matter are

Which of the following is the largest in size?

The atomic number represents the number of

Ions with a positive charge are called

Elements that have atoms with full outer shells of electrons

Each of the following is an example of an inorganic compound, except

Which of the following substances would be least acidic?

If a substance has a pH that is greater than 7, it is

Inorganic compounds that are soluble and whose ions will conduct an electrical current are called

The most important metabolic fuel molecule in the body is

A fatty acid that contains three double covalent bonds in its carbon chain is said to be

Most of the fat found in the human body is in the form of

Glycoproteins and proteoglycans are combinations of proteins and

Nucleic acids are composed of units called

A nucleotide consists of

The watery medium that surrounds a cell is called

The plasma membrane

Components of the cytoskeleton may include all of the following, except

Synthesis of lipids takes place at the

The control center for cellular operations is the

The nucleus stores the DNA needed to synthesize which of the following molecules in the cytoplasm?

The triplet codes needed to produce a specific polypeptide chain are found in the

The process of protein formation is called

A solution that contains a lower solute concentration than the cytoplasm of a cell is called

Crenation occurs when a blood cell is placed in a(n) _____ solution.

The principal cations in our body fluids are _____ and _____.

In order to maintain cellular homeostasis, an important exchange pump within the cell membrane ejects _____ ions from the cell and imports _____ ions.

When describing a cell’s membrane potential, the cell interior is

During the process of mitosis, chromatids separate into daughter chromosomes during

During this phase of cell division, the chromosomes uncoil, the nuclear membrane forms, and cytokinesis may occur.

The main divisions of the cytoplasm are _____ and _____.

_____ cells are all of the cells of the body except the reproductive cells (sperm and ova).