ALHS 1011 Exam #1 Questions with correct answers
Anatomy - ✔✔study of structure and shape of the body and its party
Physiology - ✔✔Study of how the body and its parts work or function
Levels of Organization - ✔✔Chemical, Cellular, Tissue, Organ, Organ System,
Organism
Homeostasis - ✔✔maintenance of a stable internal environment
negative feedback - ✔✔shuts off original stimuli or reduces its intensity
example of negative feedback - ✔✔chills or sweating
positive feedback - ✔✔increases original stimulus to push the variable further
example of positive feedback - ✔✔blood clotting or giving birth
superior position - ✔✔towards the head, upper
anterior position - ✔✔towards front of body
inferior position - ✔✔away from head, lower
,posterior position - ✔✔back side of body
medial position - ✔✔towards middle of body
lateral position - ✔✔away from midline
proximal distance - ✔✔close to origin of body part
distal position - ✔✔farther away from point of attachment
superficial distance - ✔✔toward or at body surface
deep distance - ✔✔away from body surface (toward internal organs)
4 Quadrants - ✔✔Right upper, left upper, right lower, left lower
Right hypochondriac region - ✔✔Right upper region
Epigastric region - ✔✔middle upper region
Left hypochondriac region - ✔✔left upper region
Right lumbar region - ✔✔right middle region
, Umbilical region - ✔✔middle region
Left lumbar region - ✔✔left middle region
Right iliac region - ✔✔right lower region
hypogastric region - ✔✔middle lower region
left iliac region - ✔✔left lower region
Integumentary system - ✔✔forms external body covering, protects deeper tissue,
regulates body temp
Skeletal System - ✔✔protects and supports organs, muscle attachment for
movement, stores minerals
Nervous System - ✔✔fast acting control system, responds to internal and external
change, activates muscles and glands
Endocrine System - ✔✔secretes regulatory hormones
Cardiovascular System - ✔✔heart and vessels, transports materials in body via
blood pumped by heart
Anatomy - ✔✔study of structure and shape of the body and its party
Physiology - ✔✔Study of how the body and its parts work or function
Levels of Organization - ✔✔Chemical, Cellular, Tissue, Organ, Organ System,
Organism
Homeostasis - ✔✔maintenance of a stable internal environment
negative feedback - ✔✔shuts off original stimuli or reduces its intensity
example of negative feedback - ✔✔chills or sweating
positive feedback - ✔✔increases original stimulus to push the variable further
example of positive feedback - ✔✔blood clotting or giving birth
superior position - ✔✔towards the head, upper
anterior position - ✔✔towards front of body
inferior position - ✔✔away from head, lower
,posterior position - ✔✔back side of body
medial position - ✔✔towards middle of body
lateral position - ✔✔away from midline
proximal distance - ✔✔close to origin of body part
distal position - ✔✔farther away from point of attachment
superficial distance - ✔✔toward or at body surface
deep distance - ✔✔away from body surface (toward internal organs)
4 Quadrants - ✔✔Right upper, left upper, right lower, left lower
Right hypochondriac region - ✔✔Right upper region
Epigastric region - ✔✔middle upper region
Left hypochondriac region - ✔✔left upper region
Right lumbar region - ✔✔right middle region
, Umbilical region - ✔✔middle region
Left lumbar region - ✔✔left middle region
Right iliac region - ✔✔right lower region
hypogastric region - ✔✔middle lower region
left iliac region - ✔✔left lower region
Integumentary system - ✔✔forms external body covering, protects deeper tissue,
regulates body temp
Skeletal System - ✔✔protects and supports organs, muscle attachment for
movement, stores minerals
Nervous System - ✔✔fast acting control system, responds to internal and external
change, activates muscles and glands
Endocrine System - ✔✔secretes regulatory hormones
Cardiovascular System - ✔✔heart and vessels, transports materials in body via
blood pumped by heart
