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Chapter 01 An Introduction to the Human Body 2
Chapter 02 The Chemical Level of Organization 50
Chapter 03 The Cellular Level of Organization 88
Chapter 04 The Tissue Level of Organization 133
Chapter 05 The Integumentary System 186
Chapter 06 The Skeletal System: Bone Tissue 243
Chapter 07 The Skeletal System: The Axial Skeleton 297
Chapter 08 The Skeletal System: The Appendicular Skeleton 350
Chapter 09 Joints 399
Chapter 10 Muscular Tissue 451
Chapter 11 The Muscular System 499
Chapter 12 Nervous Tissue 559
Chapter 13 The Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves 609
Chapter 14 The Brain and Cranial Nerves 663
Chapter 15 The Autonomic Nervous System 709
Chapter 16 Sensory, Motor, and Integrative Systems 755
Chapter 17 The Special Senses 801
Chapter 18 The Endocrine System 849
Chapter 19 The Cardiovascular System: The Blood 899
Chapter 20 The Cardiovascular System: The Heart 944
Chapter 21 The Cardiovascular System: Blood Vessels and Hemodynamics 991
Chapter 22 The Lymphoid (Lymphatic) System and Immunity 1035
Chapter 23 The Respiratory System 1079
Chapter 24 The Digestive System 1128
Chapter 25 Metabolism and Nutrition 1180
Chapter 26 The Urinary System 1212
Chapter 27 Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid–Base Homeostasis 1261
Chapter 28 The Genital (Reproductive) Systems 1285
Chapter 29 Development and Inheritance 1339





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Package Title: Testbank
Course Title: PAP16
Chapter Number: 01 An Introduction to the Human Body
Shuffle: Yes
Case Sensitive: No

Chapter 01 An Introduction to the Human Body

Question type: Multiple Choice


1) Which describes the study of the functions of body structures?

a) Anatomy
b) Physiology
c) Endocrinology
d) Histology
e) Immunology

Answer: b

Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective 1: LO 1.1 Define anatomy and physiology, and name several branches of
these sciences.
Section Reference 1: Sec 1.1 Anatomy and Physiology Defined


Question type: Multiple Choice


2) A group of cells that work together to perform a particular function is a(n)

a) tissue.
b) organ.
c) molecules.
d) compounds.
e) organism.

Answer: a

Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective 1: LO1.2 Identify the locations and functions of each of the organ systems
and major organs of the human body.
Section Reference 1: Sec 1.2 Levels of Structural Organization and Body Systems.



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Question type: Multiple Selection


3) What process occurs when amino acids build new proteins? Select all that apply.

a) Metabolism
b) Anabolism
c) Catabolism
d) Responsiveness
e) Differentiation

Answer 1: a
Answer 2: b

Difficulty: Medium
Bloomcode: Application
Learning Objective 1: LO1.3 Define the important life processes of the human body.
Section Reference 1: Sec 1.3 Characteristics of the Living Human Organism


Question type: Essay


4) How are reproduction, differentiation and growth related?

Answer:

Difficulty: Hard
Bloomcode: Synthesis
Learning Objective 1: LO1.3 Define the important life processes of the human body.
Section Reference 1: Sec 1.3 Characteristics of the Living Human Organism
Solution: Reproduction occurs through the fertilization of an ovum by a sperm cell to form a
zygote, followed by repeated cell divisions and the differentiation of these cells. Growth is an
increase in body size that results from an increase in the size of existing cells, an increase in the
number of cells, or both.


Question type: Multiple Choice


5) The two organ systems that predominantly regulate and maintain homeostasis are the

a) cardiovascular and integumentary systems.
b) nervous and endocrine systems.
c) cardiovascular and respiratory systems.



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