Purdue BIOL 203 Exam 1 2026–2027 anatomy & Purdue physiology Accurate Real Exam Questions and Verified Correct Answers

Purdue BIOL 203 Exam 1 2026–2027 anatomy & Purdue physiology Accurate Real Exam Questions and Verified Correct Answers visceral part of membrane - ANSWER -covers the surface of an organ integumentary system - ANSWER -skin/ body covering endocrine system - ANSWER -thyroid, pancreas, adrenals, pituitary respiratory system - ANSWER -lungs circulatory system - ANSWER -heart, arteries, veins Sagittal - ANSWER -divides the body into left and right portions mid sagittal - ANSWER -cut divides the body into equal left and right halves traverse - ANSWER -any cut that divides the body into superior(upper) and inferior(lower) segments coronal (frontal) - ANSWER -a cut that divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions acromial - ANSWER -point of the shoulder brachial - ANSWER -upper arm ante brachial - ANSWER -forearm cubital - ANSWER -elbow cubit - ANSWER -ancient measure of length that was based on the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger about 18 to 21 inches antecubital - ANSWER -space in front of the elbow (antecubital fossa, an indentation in this region where blood is sometimes withdrawn) axillary - ANSWER -armpit buccal - ANSWER -cheek carpal - ANSWER -wrist cephalic - ANSWER -pertaining to the head cervical - ANSWER -neck costal - ANSWER -ribs digital - ANSWER -finger frontal - ANSWER -forehead lumbar pain - ANSWER - mammary - ANSWER -breast pectoral - ANSWER -chest pedal - ANSWER -foot plantar - ANSWER -sole of foot umbilical - ANSWER -navel vertebral - ANSWER -the vertebra or spinal column nine regions of abdominal area - ANSWER - endoscopes - ANSWER -inserted into the body openings or into small surgical incisions. they have a glass fiber illumination system and an objective that gathers the light from the illuminated area and transmits it to a camera endoscopy x rays - ANSWER -determining the nature and extent of bone fractures and detecting tumors compound axial tomography (CT or CAT) - ANSWER -also uses x rays and detects blood clots, tumors, etc positron emission tomography (PET) - ANSWER -detects certain isotopes and can be used to determine metabolic activity in regions of an organ such as the brain Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - ANSWER -able to differentiate between normal and damaged myelin nerve sheaths, can detect atherosclerosis and certain brain tumors functional ,magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) - ANSWER -uses the same technology as an MRI but also measure o2 levels in the brain ultrasonography - ANSWER -uses ultrasound to visualize the heart in echnocardiography organic soup hypothesis - ANSWER -a primordial ocean contained all the ingredients necessary to form long, information-carrying polymers able to self replicate, mutate, and evolve RNA world - ANSWER -life developed by using RNA molecules rather than proteins , to catalyze the synthesis of important biological molecules four predominant elements in the human body - ANSWER -O 65 C 18 H 10 N 3 Ca 1.5 Phosphorus 1 K 0.35 Sulfur 0,25 simple formulas - ANSWER -NaCl C6H12O6