Portage Learning: A&P 1 - Module 1
Questions and Answers | Latest Version
| 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What system is responsible for transporting oxygen and nutrients throughout the body?
✔✔ Circulatory system
What directional term means "toward the front of the body"?
✔✔ Anterior
What directional term means "away from the midline of the body"?
✔✔ Lateral
What term describes the position of the heart relative to the lungs?
✔✔ Medial
What body plane divides the body into left and right parts?
✔✔ Sagittal plane
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,What body cavity contains the brain?
✔✔ Cranial cavity
What body cavity contains the heart and lungs?
✔✔ Thoracic cavity
What is the name of the membrane that lines the walls of body cavities?
✔✔ Parietal membrane
What is the name of the membrane that covers the surface of internal organs?
✔✔ Visceral membrane
What is the function of the skeletal system?
✔✔ Provides support and protection
What is the function of the muscular system?
✔✔ Enables movement
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, What system detects stimuli and coordinates the body’s responses?
✔✔ Nervous system
What system helps regulate body temperature and protects underlying tissues?
✔✔ Integumentary system
What is the basic structural and functional unit of life?
✔✔ Cell
What level of organization comes between organelles and tissues?
✔✔ Cells
What type of feedback loop helps maintain homeostasis?
✔✔ Negative feedback
What type of feedback increases the original stimulus?
✔✔ Positive feedback
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Questions and Answers | Latest Version
| 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What system is responsible for transporting oxygen and nutrients throughout the body?
✔✔ Circulatory system
What directional term means "toward the front of the body"?
✔✔ Anterior
What directional term means "away from the midline of the body"?
✔✔ Lateral
What term describes the position of the heart relative to the lungs?
✔✔ Medial
What body plane divides the body into left and right parts?
✔✔ Sagittal plane
1
,What body cavity contains the brain?
✔✔ Cranial cavity
What body cavity contains the heart and lungs?
✔✔ Thoracic cavity
What is the name of the membrane that lines the walls of body cavities?
✔✔ Parietal membrane
What is the name of the membrane that covers the surface of internal organs?
✔✔ Visceral membrane
What is the function of the skeletal system?
✔✔ Provides support and protection
What is the function of the muscular system?
✔✔ Enables movement
2
, What system detects stimuli and coordinates the body’s responses?
✔✔ Nervous system
What system helps regulate body temperature and protects underlying tissues?
✔✔ Integumentary system
What is the basic structural and functional unit of life?
✔✔ Cell
What level of organization comes between organelles and tissues?
✔✔ Cells
What type of feedback loop helps maintain homeostasis?
✔✔ Negative feedback
What type of feedback increases the original stimulus?
✔✔ Positive feedback
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