TEAS SCIENCE PRACTICE EXAM – SPRING TEST BANK
REVIEW & ACCURATE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What are cells also known as?
The basic unit of all life
Cells combine in terms of function and type to form what?
Tissues
2 or more tissue types work together to perform a specific function at what level?
The organ level
What performs extremely complex functions?
Organs
When organs work together to perform a task the result is what?
Organ system
How many organ systems are there in the human body?
11
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What is the highest level of organization?
Organism
What is the result of all organ systems working together within the body?
Organism
What is the hierarchy of the structure of the human body?
Organism, organ systems, organs, tissues, cells, molecules, atoms
This system works as the transportation system for substances such as oxygen, carbon
dioxide, and nutrients in the body.
Circulatory system
This system breaks down food so that the nutrients can be easily passed into the blood and
circulated through the body
Digestive system
This system controls body functions
Endocrine system
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This system protects internal tissues from injury, waterproofs the body, and helps regulate
the body temperature. This system also serves as a barrier to foreign substances
Integumentary system
This system helps cleanse the blood and houses the white blood cells that are involved in
protecting the body from environmental pathogens
Lymphatic system
This system produces movement through contractions
Muscular system
This system acts as the body's control system and is necessary to protect the body from
changes in the internal and external environment
Nervous system
This system produces offspring
Reproductive system
This system keeps all the cells in the body supplied with oxygen and removes the carbon
dioxide
Respiratory system
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This system provides support and protection for the body, supplies a framework use to
create movement, and served as a storage for minerals, such as calcium
Skeletal system
This system helps maintain the water and electrolyte balance within the body, regulates the
acid base balance in the blood, and removes all nitrogen-containing wastes from the body.
Urinary system
True or false: blood that passes through the tricuspid valve enters the left ventricle
False, blood that passes through the tricuspid valve enters the right ventricle
True or false: blood that passes through the mitral valve enters the pulmonary artery
False, blood that passes through the mitrial valve enters the left ventricle
True or false: after contraction of the left ventricle, blood enters the aorta
True
True or false: after contraction of the right ventricle, blood enters the pulmonary artery
True
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