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Test Bank For Principles of Anatomy and Physiology,
16th Edition by Gerard J. Tortora
|Chapter 1 - 29|Complete

,
,Chapter 01 An Introduction to the Human Body

Question type: Multiple Choice :


1) Which describes the study of the functions of body structures?

a) Anatomy
b) Physiology
c) Endocrinology
d) Histology
e) Immunology

ANSWER: b

Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective 1: LO 1.1 Define anatomy and physiology, and name several branches of
these sciences.
Section Reference 1: Sec 1.1 Anatomy and Physiology Defined


Question type: Multiple Choice


2) A group of cells that work together to perform a particular function is a(n)

a) tissue.
b) organ.
c) molecules.
d) compounds.
e) organism.

ANSWER: a

Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective 1: LO1.2 Identify the locations and functions of each of the organ systems
and major organs of the human body.
Section Reference 1: Sec 1.2 Levels of Structural Organization and Body Systems.

, Question type: Multiple Selection


3) What process occurs when amino acids build new proteins? Select all that apply.

a) Metabolism
b) Anabolism
c) Catabolism
d) Responsiveness
e) Differentiation

Answer 1: a
Answer 2: b

Difficulty: Medium
Bloomcode: Application
Learning Objective 1: LO1.3 Define the important life processes of the human body.
Section Reference 1: Sec 1.3 Characteristics of the Living Human Organism


Question type: Essay


4) How dare dreproduction, ddifferentiation dand dgrowth drelated?

ANSWER:

Difficulty: dHard
dBloomcode: dSynthesis
Learning dObjective d1: dLO1.3 dDefine dthe dimportant dlife dprocesses dof dthe dhuman
dbody. dSection dReference d1: dSec d1.3 dCharacteristics dof dthe dLiving dHuman
dOrganism
Solution: dReproduction doccurs dthrough dthe dfertilization dof dan dovum dby da dsperm dcell dto
dform da dzygote, dfollowed dby drepeated dcell ddivisions dand dthe ddifferentiation dof dthese
dcells. dGrowth dis dan dincrease din dbody dsize dthat dresults dfrom dan dincrease din dthe dsize dof
dexisting dcells, dan dincrease din dthe dnumber dof dcells, dor dboth.




Question dtype: dMultiple dChoice


5) The dtwo dorgan dsystems dthat dpredominantly dregulate dand dmaintain dhomeostasis dare dthe

a) cardiovascular dand dintegumentary dsystems.
b) nervous dand dendocrine dsystems.
c) cardiovascular dand drespiratory dsystems.

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Gerard J. Tortora, Bryan H. Derrickson Principles of Anatomy and Physiology
Publisher: 2008 ISBN: 9780470084717 Edition: Unknown

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