A&P Exam 1; Portage Learning
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Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the ability of the body to maintain a stable internal environment?
✔✔ Homeostasis
What type of tissue covers body surfaces and lines body cavities?
✔✔ Epithelial tissue
What type of tissue connects and supports body parts?
✔✔ Connective tissue
What type of tissue allows for movement through contraction?
✔✔ Muscle tissue
What type of tissue sends signals throughout the body?
✔✔ Nervous tissue
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,What is the term for a group of cells working together to perform a function?
✔✔ Tissue
What level of organization comes after organ systems?
✔✔ Organism
What directional term means closer to the head?
✔✔ Superior
What directional term means farther from the point of attachment?
✔✔ Distal
What directional term refers to the back side of the body?
✔✔ Posterior
What directional term means toward the front of the body?
✔✔ Anterior
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, What directional term means toward the midline?
✔✔ Medial
What directional term means away from the midline?
✔✔ Lateral
What plane divides the body into right and left sections?
✔✔ Sagittal plane
What plane divides the body into upper and lower portions?
✔✔ Transverse plane
What plane divides the body into front and back sections?
✔✔ Frontal plane
What body cavity contains the heart and lungs?
✔✔ Thoracic cavity
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Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the ability of the body to maintain a stable internal environment?
✔✔ Homeostasis
What type of tissue covers body surfaces and lines body cavities?
✔✔ Epithelial tissue
What type of tissue connects and supports body parts?
✔✔ Connective tissue
What type of tissue allows for movement through contraction?
✔✔ Muscle tissue
What type of tissue sends signals throughout the body?
✔✔ Nervous tissue
1
,What is the term for a group of cells working together to perform a function?
✔✔ Tissue
What level of organization comes after organ systems?
✔✔ Organism
What directional term means closer to the head?
✔✔ Superior
What directional term means farther from the point of attachment?
✔✔ Distal
What directional term refers to the back side of the body?
✔✔ Posterior
What directional term means toward the front of the body?
✔✔ Anterior
2
, What directional term means toward the midline?
✔✔ Medial
What directional term means away from the midline?
✔✔ Lateral
What plane divides the body into right and left sections?
✔✔ Sagittal plane
What plane divides the body into upper and lower portions?
✔✔ Transverse plane
What plane divides the body into front and back sections?
✔✔ Frontal plane
What body cavity contains the heart and lungs?
✔✔ Thoracic cavity
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