ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OPENSTAX FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
⩥ Homeostasis. Answer: Steady state of body systems that living
organisms maintain
- comes from two Greek words homeo, meaning 'similar' and stasis,
meaning 'stable'.
⩥ Inferior. Answer: Describes a position below or lower than another
part of the body proper, near or toward the tail (in humans, the coccyx,
or lowest part of the spinal column); also referred to as caudal
⩥ Lateral. Answer: Describes the side or direction toward the side of the
body
⩥ Medial. Answer: Describes the middle or direction toward the middle
of the body
⩥ Metabolism. Answer: Sum of all the body's chemical reactions
⩥ Nasal Cavity. Answer: The most superior part of the respiratory tract.
It extends from the vestibule to the nasopharynx.
, ⩥ Negative Feedback. Answer: Homeostatic mechanism that tends to
stabilize an upset n the body's physiological condition by preventing an
excessive response to a stimulus, typically as the stimulus is removed
** inhibit or reduces the stimulus
** Example:If the temperature drops, the body shivers to bring up the
temperature and if it is too warm, the body will sweat to cool down due
to evaporation.
⩥ Oral Cavity. Answer: Represents the first part of the digestive tube. Its
primary function is to serve as the entrance of the alimentary tract and to
initiate the digestive process by salivation and propulsion of the
alimentary bolus into the pharynx
⩥ Orbital Cavity. Answer: The bony cavity in the skull containing the
eyeball
- eye socket
⩥ Organ. Answer: Functionally distinct structure composed of two or
more types of tissue
⩥ Organ System. Answer: Group of organs that work together to carry
out a particular function
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
⩥ Homeostasis. Answer: Steady state of body systems that living
organisms maintain
- comes from two Greek words homeo, meaning 'similar' and stasis,
meaning 'stable'.
⩥ Inferior. Answer: Describes a position below or lower than another
part of the body proper, near or toward the tail (in humans, the coccyx,
or lowest part of the spinal column); also referred to as caudal
⩥ Lateral. Answer: Describes the side or direction toward the side of the
body
⩥ Medial. Answer: Describes the middle or direction toward the middle
of the body
⩥ Metabolism. Answer: Sum of all the body's chemical reactions
⩥ Nasal Cavity. Answer: The most superior part of the respiratory tract.
It extends from the vestibule to the nasopharynx.
, ⩥ Negative Feedback. Answer: Homeostatic mechanism that tends to
stabilize an upset n the body's physiological condition by preventing an
excessive response to a stimulus, typically as the stimulus is removed
** inhibit or reduces the stimulus
** Example:If the temperature drops, the body shivers to bring up the
temperature and if it is too warm, the body will sweat to cool down due
to evaporation.
⩥ Oral Cavity. Answer: Represents the first part of the digestive tube. Its
primary function is to serve as the entrance of the alimentary tract and to
initiate the digestive process by salivation and propulsion of the
alimentary bolus into the pharynx
⩥ Orbital Cavity. Answer: The bony cavity in the skull containing the
eyeball
- eye socket
⩥ Organ. Answer: Functionally distinct structure composed of two or
more types of tissue
⩥ Organ System. Answer: Group of organs that work together to carry
out a particular function
