Physiology 1: Unit 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
light - CORRECT ANSWER - what energy does an xray use
xray - CORRECT ANSWER - imaging device that looks at hard tissue/dense structures
CT - CORRECT ANSWER - imaging device that creates a cross sectional plane from a
number of different perspectives. Looks at bone
light - CORRECT ANSWER - what energy does a CT use
xeon CT - CORRECT ANSWER - imaging device that looks at active tissue
xeon CT - CORRECT ANSWER - imaging device that requires the patient to inhale a
radioactive gas
xeon CT - CORRECT ANSWER - device that is good for viewing strokes
DSR - CORRECT ANSWER - device that creates a detailed 3D image from a CT scan
light - CORRECT ANSWER - what energy does DSR use
DSA - CORRECT ANSWER - device that looks at blood vessels
DSA - CORRECT ANSWER - device that requires a contrast dye injected into patient to
view blood vessels
,light - CORRECT ANSWER - what energy does DSA use
PET - CORRECT ANSWER - device that shows metabolic processes
PET - CORRECT ANSWER - device that requires radioactive isotope injections
PET - CORRECT ANSWER - what device is used to determine if a tumor is cancerous or
not
M2A - CORRECT ANSWER - - a swallowable pill/imaging capsule (has a mini camera on
it)
-The pill snaps digital pictures as it passes through the digestive tract
light - CORRECT ANSWER - what energy does PET use
ultrasound - CORRECT ANSWER - imaging device that uses sound waves to work
ultrasound - CORRECT ANSWER - uses high frequency sound waves to look at soft
tissue
magnetic - CORRECT ANSWER - what energy does MRI use
magnetic - CORRECT ANSWER - what energy does MRS use
MRI - CORRECT ANSWER - uses magnetic energy to look at soft tissue; creates a
magnetic field that makes charged ions in the tissue temporarily line up and creates a picture
, MRS - CORRECT ANSWER - uses magnetic energy to look at COMPOSITION of tissues
MRS - CORRECT ANSWER - what is a good device used to look at tumors
structure can dictate function and function can regulate structure - CORRECT ANSWER -
what is the relationship of anatomy and physiology
chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, organ system, organismic - CORRECT ANSWER - list
levels of organization from lowest to highest
liver - CORRECT ANSWER - what is the largest internal organ
skin - CORRECT ANSWER - what is the largest external organ
skin - CORRECT ANSWER - what is a limiting boundary for the human body
limiting boundary - CORRECT ANSWER - this separates things from the outside world
excitability - CORRECT ANSWER - ability to detect change within and around the body
conductivity - CORRECT ANSWER - ability to send info about the stimuli from one part
of the body to another to create a response
metabolism - CORRECT ANSWER - sum total of all chemical reactions that occur in the
body
catabolism - CORRECT ANSWER - big to small