NURS 120 – Midterm Exam 2026 Questions and Answers

NURS 120 – Midterm Exam 2026
Questions and Answers

Levels of Organization - Correct answer-Chemical level, cells, tissues, organs,

organ systems, organism

Body Planes - Correct answer-Sagittal, mid-sagittal, frontal, transverse, oblique

Abdominopelvic regions - Correct answer-

Abdominopelvic Quadrants - Correct answer-

Two body Regions - Correct answer-Axial - Head, spine, ribs

Appendicular - Shoulders, arms, hips, legs

Negative Feedback Loop - Correct answer-Reverses change to maintain

homeostasis (Ex. Thermostat)

Positive Feedback Loop - Correct answer-Increases change to revert back to

homeostasis (Ex. Labour)

Cell Extensions - Correct answer-Microvilli, Cilia, flagella


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, Matrix - Correct answer-Fills space between cells

Epithelial Cells - Correct answer-Squamous, cuboidal, columnar, transitional,

pseudo stratified

Simple ______? - Correct answer-Squamous, cuboidal, columnar

Stratified ______? - Correct answer-Squamous

Loose Fibrous (Areolar, facia) Tissue - Correct answer-- Collagen and elastic fibres

between organs

- Connection and communication

Adipose Tissue - Correct answer-- Triglyceride vesicles

- White fat - Throughout body

- Brown Fat - Within white fat of neck and torso

- Protection, insulation, storage, support, metabolism

Reticular Tissue - Correct answer-- Fine collagen fibres (bone marrow, spleen,

lymph nodes)

- Support of blood producing cells




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