Anatomy & Physiology Midterm Review Questions with Correct Answers 2024 Homeostasis - Correct Answer the ability for an organism to maintain internal equilibrium by changing its physiology process Anatomical position - Correct Answer the body is assumed to be standing, the feet together, the arms to the side and the head, eyes, and palms of the hands facing forwards Superior - Correct Answer above, over inferior - Correct Answer below, under medial - Correct Answer toward the side, away from midline proximal - Correct Answer near, closer to the orgin distal - Correct Answer away from, farther from the orgin superficial - Correct Answer more external deep - Correct Answer more internal Sagittal plane - Correct Answer vertical plane through body, divides right from left midsagittal plane - Correct Answer sagittal plane that divides body into equal left and right regions parasagittal plane - Correct Answer sagittal plane that divided the body into unequal right and left regions frontal/coronal plane - Correct Answer vertical plane through body, divided anterior and posterior regions 1 / 2
transverse plane - Correct Answer horizontal plane through body, divides midsection into superior and inferior regions Organ systems - Correct Answer skeletal, muscular, circulatory, nervous, respiratory, digestive, excretory, endocrine, reproductive, and lymphatic excretory system - Correct Answer filters waste endocrine system - Correct Answer relay chemicals through body lymphatic system - Correct Answer immunity cell membrane - Correct Answer forms a bilayer of phospholipids molecules - Correct Answer lipids composed of protiens, and small amount of carbohydrates Mitochondria - Correct Answer membranous, elongated fluid filled sacs: transform energy into usable form Peroxisomes - Correct Answer membranos cells that carry out oxidative reactions, such as oxidation of alcohol in the liver Lysosomes - Correct Answer membranous, digest bacteria, viruses, antoxins ER - Correct Answer membranous, transports molecules from one cell part to another golgi apparatus - Correct Answer membranous, stacked and flattened sacs Cytoskeleton - Correct Answer nonmembranous, one of two cylinrical cellular structures that are composed of nine triplet microtubeles and form the asters during mitosis Centrioles - Correct Answer nonmembranous, one of two cylindrical cellular structures that are composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis
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