BIOS 251 Exam 1 with Questions and Correct Answers.

BIOS 251 Exam 1 with Questions and
Correct Answers


Cranial - CORRECT ANSWERS brain

vertebral - CORRECT ANSWERS spinal cord

dorsal - CORRECT ANSWERS toward the back

Anterior - CORRECT ANSWERS toward the ventral side

Thoracic - CORRECT ANSWERS lungs and heart

abdominopelvic - CORRECT ANSWERS pertaining to the abdomen and pelvis

visceral - CORRECT ANSWERS pertaining to the internal organs

parietal - CORRECT ANSWERS pertaining to the outer wall of the body cavity

pleura - CORRECT ANSWERS Membrane surrounding the lungs

Percardium - CORRECT ANSWERS membrane that surrounds the heart

peritoneal - CORRECT ANSWERS pertaining to the peritoneum; lining of the
abdominal cavity

homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWERS process by which organisms maintain a
relatively stable internal environment

positive feedback mechanism - CORRECT ANSWERS self-amplifying cycle in
which a physiological change leads to even greater change in the same
direction, rather than producing the corrective effects

negative feedback mechanism - CORRECT ANSWERS process in which the
body senses a change and activates mechanisms that negate or reverse it.

4 body quadrants - CORRECT ANSWERS right upper, left upper, right lower, left
lower