PNB 2264 EXAM 1 2025-26 STUDY GUIDE/KEY CONCEPTS QUESTION AND ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS (100% VERIFIED UCONN EXAM) HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY AND ANATOMY

PNB 2264 Human Physiology and Anatomy



PNB 2264 EXAM 1 2025-26 STUDY GUIDE/KEY CONCEPTS
QUESTION AND ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS (100%
VERIFIED UCONN EXAM) HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY AND
ANATOMY



what is anatomy

the study of biological structure



what is in the extracellular fluid

interstitial fluid, plasma, and other fluid




what is in the intracellular fluid

cytosol




Tumor biopsies are often sent to a laboratory, which compares
groupings of cancer cells to groupings of non-cancerous cells.
This is an example of which anatomical subdiscipline?

histology: study of tissues

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what is developmental anatomy

studies the development of embryos




what is embryology

the study of embryos




what is gross anatomy

study of structures that can be seen with the naked eye




the wrist is ________ to the hand

proximal




the lungs are ____________ to the heart

lateral

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the head is __________ to the stomach

superior




the thumb (pollex) is _____________ to the pinky (fifth digit)

radial




the pinky (fifth digit) is _____________ to the thumb (first
digit/pollex)

medial




afferent

sensory




efferent

motor

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stimulus ----> receptor ------> afferent pathway ------> control
center -----> efferent pathway -----> effector --->

response




open loop system

A control circuit in which the system output has no effect on the
control.




response that does not affect stimulus

feed-forward




the process of blood clotting involves the release of clotting
factors. these clotting factors stimulate the release of additional
clotting factors until a "plug" is formed from nearby platelets that
stops the bleeding. based upon this, the process of blood clotting
is an example of: