Memmlers Chapter 1 Test Prep
Questions With Answers.
Anatomy - ANSWER- Study of body structures (what you can see) it is revealed by
dissection
Physiology - ANSWER- Study of how the body functions
Pathology - ANSWER- Study of disease
Aging - ANSWER- Body systems slowing down (caused by repeated mitosis)
Homeostasis - ANSWER- Sameness within an organism. Body fluid balance (between
intra and extracellular fluid)
Normal PH level - ANSWER- 7.35-7.45 a little above neutral
Negative Feedback - ANSWER- Maintaining internal environment, ex: walk up stairs
heart rate and respiration increase; after 5 minutes it is returned to normal
Sensor - ANSWER- Turns on (starts everything up)
Control Center - ANSWER- Info is sent to this
Effector - ANSWER- Provides the response
Metabolism - ANSWER- maintaining internal mechanisms in the body (rate we burn
calories)
Catabolism - ANSWER- breaking down of complex substances into simpler ones
(makes ATP)
Anabolism - ANSWER- Builds up simpler substances into more complex ones
Difference between carbs and fats - ANSWER- fats are much denser however
composed of the same elements
Protien - ANSWER- Contains nitrogen
Anatomical Position - ANSWER- Frontward facing palms forward how body stands in
diagram
Frontal Plane - ANSWER- Divides body into front and back planes
Questions With Answers.
Anatomy - ANSWER- Study of body structures (what you can see) it is revealed by
dissection
Physiology - ANSWER- Study of how the body functions
Pathology - ANSWER- Study of disease
Aging - ANSWER- Body systems slowing down (caused by repeated mitosis)
Homeostasis - ANSWER- Sameness within an organism. Body fluid balance (between
intra and extracellular fluid)
Normal PH level - ANSWER- 7.35-7.45 a little above neutral
Negative Feedback - ANSWER- Maintaining internal environment, ex: walk up stairs
heart rate and respiration increase; after 5 minutes it is returned to normal
Sensor - ANSWER- Turns on (starts everything up)
Control Center - ANSWER- Info is sent to this
Effector - ANSWER- Provides the response
Metabolism - ANSWER- maintaining internal mechanisms in the body (rate we burn
calories)
Catabolism - ANSWER- breaking down of complex substances into simpler ones
(makes ATP)
Anabolism - ANSWER- Builds up simpler substances into more complex ones
Difference between carbs and fats - ANSWER- fats are much denser however
composed of the same elements
Protien - ANSWER- Contains nitrogen
Anatomical Position - ANSWER- Frontward facing palms forward how body stands in
diagram
Frontal Plane - ANSWER- Divides body into front and back planes
