A&P EXAM 1 (CHAPTERS 1-4) REVIEW
QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT & VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What six functions characterize all living things? Correct answer-Organization
Responsiveness
Growth
Reproduction
Movement
Metabolism/Excretion
What is homeostasis? Correct answer-A steady state of internal environment of an organism.
What is the difference between positive and negative feedback? Give an example of each. Correct
answer-Positive feedback enhances change (labor contractions during birth, blood clotting, etc...)
Negative feedback resists change (body temperature, insulin, cortisol, etc...)
List the major body cavities in the human body Correct answer-Ventral
Pleural
Abdominal
Pelvic
Thoracic
Abdominopelvic
What is the difference between anatomy and physiology? Correct answer-Anatomy studies
structures
Physiology studies functions
What are some of the specialties of anatomy? Correct answer-Gross anatomy
Comparative anatomy
Surface anatomy
Regional anatomy
Developmental anatomy
What are some of the specialties of physiology? Correct answer-Cell physiology
Special (organ) physiology
Systemic physiology
Pathological physiology
What organs are found in the thoracic cavity? Correct answer-Heart and lungs
What organs are found in the dorsal body cavity? Correct answer-Cranial cavity and spinal cavity
What are the pleural and pericardial cavities? Correct answer-Pleural cavity: the potential space
between the two pleurae of the lungs.
Pericardial cavity: the potential space between the parietal pericardium and visceral layer.
QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT & VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What six functions characterize all living things? Correct answer-Organization
Responsiveness
Growth
Reproduction
Movement
Metabolism/Excretion
What is homeostasis? Correct answer-A steady state of internal environment of an organism.
What is the difference between positive and negative feedback? Give an example of each. Correct
answer-Positive feedback enhances change (labor contractions during birth, blood clotting, etc...)
Negative feedback resists change (body temperature, insulin, cortisol, etc...)
List the major body cavities in the human body Correct answer-Ventral
Pleural
Abdominal
Pelvic
Thoracic
Abdominopelvic
What is the difference between anatomy and physiology? Correct answer-Anatomy studies
structures
Physiology studies functions
What are some of the specialties of anatomy? Correct answer-Gross anatomy
Comparative anatomy
Surface anatomy
Regional anatomy
Developmental anatomy
What are some of the specialties of physiology? Correct answer-Cell physiology
Special (organ) physiology
Systemic physiology
Pathological physiology
What organs are found in the thoracic cavity? Correct answer-Heart and lungs
What organs are found in the dorsal body cavity? Correct answer-Cranial cavity and spinal cavity
What are the pleural and pericardial cavities? Correct answer-Pleural cavity: the potential space
between the two pleurae of the lungs.
Pericardial cavity: the potential space between the parietal pericardium and visceral layer.