2025/2026 PHYSIOLOGY IUPUI EXAM 1 CURRENTLY
TESTING QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED) GUARANTEED PASS/TOP-
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Ace your IUPUI Physiology Yard Exam 1 with this targeted guide,
designed to master foundational concepts in cellular function,
homeostasis, and neural signaling. This resource provides high-
yield practice questions and detailed explanations that
reinforce core principles for both lab and lecture assessments.
what is the normal functioning of a living organism and its
component parts including chemical and physical
processes ...... ANSWER ....... physiology
physiology of the human body is ________ than the sum if the
actions if its parts ...... ANSWER ....... greater
what are the four primary tissues ...... ANSWER .......
epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous
cell to organism ...... ANSWER ....... cell, tissue, organ,
organ system, organism
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what are makes up cells ...... ANSWER ....... membranes,
cytoplasm, organelles, nucleus, inclusions, ions, gases,
molecules
circulatory system function ...... ANSWER ....... transport
and temp regulation
digestive system function ...... ANSWER ....... nutrient,
digestion, absorption
endocrine function ...... ANSWER ....... regulation
immune system function ...... ANSWER ....... protection
integumentary system function ...... ANSWER .......
thermal regulation and excretion
musculoskeletal system function ...... ANSWER .......
protection, movement, support
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nervous system function ...... ANSWER .......
communication
respiratory system function ...... ANSWER ....... gas
exchange, blood ph regulation
urinary system function ...... ANSWER ....... excretion,
water regulation
can an organism exist without a cell ...... ANSWER .......
no
what is capable of basic life functions and metabolism and
replication ...... ANSWER ....... a cell
what relies of a cell for performance of basic life function
and relies on organs and organ systems to provide
requirements of cells ...... ANSWER ....... organism
what is the location of waste disposal and also the source of
nutrients ...... ANSWER ....... external environment
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what keeps things fairly stable, maintains maintenance of
extracellular fluid(what cells sit in), and is in contact with the
cells ...... ANSWER ....... internal environment
what is considered the background approach and is why
something occurs ...... ANSWER ....... telegraphic
approach
what is the approach to physiology that explains how
something occurs ...... ANSWER ....... mechanistic
approach
what do you need to produce translational research (bench
to bedside) ...... ANSWER ....... mechanistic and
telegraphic approach
what links anatomy and physiology ...... ANSWER .......
structure and function
what is homeostasis ...... ANSWER ....... retaining a
relatively constant and stable internal environment