TEAS- Anatomy and Physiology Exam Questions & Answers Correctly Answered.

digestive system - Answer-comprised of the mouth stomach intestines. uses enzymes to break down foot that we eat to release it into bloodstream and absorbed into cells. rids body of undigested food that don't enter bloodstream in stool. respiratory system - Answer-nose mouth trachea lungs. gas exchange and pH regulation. removes CO2 from blood and exchanges for O2 circulatory system - Answer-made up of heart blood vessels lymphatics blood cells. internal transport, pH maintenance temperature stability. delivers nutrition and oxygen to cells and carries waste products and CO2 away from cells. immune system - Answer-defense system protects from foreign substances or particles when exposed. white blood cells and lymph nodes. maintains homeostasis. excretory system - Answer-enables disposal of metabolic wastes, regulation of salt, fluids and electrolytes. allows waste removal from bloodstream via liver kidneys and urinary bladder skin and lungs. integumentary system - Answer-skin- protects organs. defense skin doesnt allow foreign bodies in. skin makes vitamin D and assists in excretion. musculoskeletal system - Answer-hips, spinal column, deltoids quadriceps. protects movement support and shape. supports production of blood and serves as storage sites for some minerals. muscle allow movement strength posture and heat production. muscles work together to move the body. nervous system - Answer-brain spinal cord and nerves. integrates body function through nerves detects stimuli secretes chemicals and electrical signals and controls other organ systems. endocrine system - Answer-hypothalamus pituitary glands adrenal glands pancreas and gonads. Integrates body through chemicals hormones. cells use hormones to communicate with each other. hormones are needed to maintain ductive system - Answer-scrotum testes prostate gland vas degerens and penis (male) ovaries fallopian tubes uterus cervix vagina (female) provides mechanisms for internal fertilization and production of new offspring. phylum chordata - Answer-1. urochordatea 2. cephalochordata 3. vertebrata (humans, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals) vertebrata - Answer-humans are this because unlike the urochordates and cephalochordates we have a column of bones (backbone) and a tube within a tube construction (vertebrata have an outer tube formed by a body wall and inner tube in the digestive tract. Humans have bilateral symmetry that is. the left side of body is a mirror image of the right side. anatomical position - Answer-human body is standing postion with palms facing forward. When prone human body is postion posteriorly so you have back side view. superior - Answer-toward head end of the body. EX: chin is superior to the shoulder. Inferior - Answer-means below or away from head of body. EX: the belly button is inferior to the nose