APHY 101 Ivy Tech Final Exam Study Guide
Questions and answers 2025
anatomy - ✔✔The study of structure and the relationships between structures is
.
physiology - ✔✔The study of the function of body parts is .
Organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems - ✔✔What are the levels of
organization and define each.
organelle - ✔✔cell structures that carry out special functions in a cell
cell - ✔✔basic unit of structure & function in a living thing
Tissue - ✔✔A group of similar cells that are organized to do a specific job.
,organ - ✔✔A collection of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body
organ system - ✔✔Group of organs that work together to perform a specific
function
organism - ✔✔a living thing made of a group of organ systems
Movement
Responsiveness
Growth
Reproduction
Respiration
Digestion
Absorption
,Circulation
Assimilation
Excretion - ✔✔What are the characteristics of Life?
Water
food
oxygen
heat
pressure - ✔✔What are the requirements of life?
The body's ability to keep its internal conditions stable, so that it's cells can
survive - ✔✔Define homeostasis
Receptors
control center
, effectors - ✔✔What is a homeostatic mechanism?
atom - ✔✔is the basic unit of matter.
matter - ✔✔anything that has mass and takes up space
element - ✔✔A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances
by chemical means.
atom - ✔✔The smallest particle that exhibits the chemical properties of an
element
protons
neurtrons - ✔✔What is the structure of an atom
Questions and answers 2025
anatomy - ✔✔The study of structure and the relationships between structures is
.
physiology - ✔✔The study of the function of body parts is .
Organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems - ✔✔What are the levels of
organization and define each.
organelle - ✔✔cell structures that carry out special functions in a cell
cell - ✔✔basic unit of structure & function in a living thing
Tissue - ✔✔A group of similar cells that are organized to do a specific job.
,organ - ✔✔A collection of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body
organ system - ✔✔Group of organs that work together to perform a specific
function
organism - ✔✔a living thing made of a group of organ systems
Movement
Responsiveness
Growth
Reproduction
Respiration
Digestion
Absorption
,Circulation
Assimilation
Excretion - ✔✔What are the characteristics of Life?
Water
food
oxygen
heat
pressure - ✔✔What are the requirements of life?
The body's ability to keep its internal conditions stable, so that it's cells can
survive - ✔✔Define homeostasis
Receptors
control center
, effectors - ✔✔What is a homeostatic mechanism?
atom - ✔✔is the basic unit of matter.
matter - ✔✔anything that has mass and takes up space
element - ✔✔A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances
by chemical means.
atom - ✔✔The smallest particle that exhibits the chemical properties of an
element
protons
neurtrons - ✔✔What is the structure of an atom