SEELEYS ANATOMY PHYSIOLOGY, FINAL

SEELEY'S ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY, FINAL

EXAM (ACTUAL 2025/2026) 163 QUESTIONS AND

VERIFIED ANSWERS.

positive-feedback mechanisms - <<>>- are you in a normal healthy individual

• are used to amplify the effect or response of a system
• sometimes can create a deviation from homeostasis that

leads to death

• cause the deviation from normal to become even more

pronounced

Inspiration : - <<>>- diaphragm moves inferiorly

• ribs move up and out
• external intercostals contract
• thorax increases in volume

What carries the urine from the kidneys? - <<>>ureters

What transports the urine to the outside of the body? - <<>>urethra

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What is the hollow, muscular container that stores urine? - <<>>bladder

Functions of the urinary system: - <<>>-

regulation of blood volume

• storage of urine
• excretion of wastes
• regulation of erythrocyte production

When blood pH decreases, what occurs to correct the imbalance? - <<>>The respiratory center increases the breathing rate.

The movement of water and electrolytes between fluid compartments is regulated primarily by - <<>>hydrostatic pressure and osmotic pressure

An increase in blood CO2 levels is followed by a(n) _____ in H+ ions and a(n) _____ in blood pH. - <<>>increase; decrease

Place the following structures of the male reproductive tract in order of how sperm passes through them to the external environment.

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1) Vas deferens 2) Epididymis 3) Ejaculatory duct 4) Urethra 5) Seminiferous tubule - <<>>5, 2, 1, 3, 4

Trace the pathway of an egg as it passes through the uterine tube.

1) ampulla 2) fimbriae 3) infundibulum 4) isthmus - <<>>2, 3, 1, 4

Shortly after ovulation, - <<>>the granulosa cells become corpus luteum cells.

T/F.GnRH production markedly decreases in males during puberty. - <<>>False

T/F.

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