Test Bank — Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems, 3rd Canadian Edition — Lauralee Sherwood

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Human Physiology: From Cells to
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems
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– 3rd Edition
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Lauralee Sherwood
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1. The Foundation of Physiology
2. Cell Physiology
3. The Central Nervous System
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4. The Peripheral Nervous System: Sensory, Autonomic, Somatic
5. Principles of Endocrinology; The Central Endocrine Glands
6. Muscle Physiology
7. Cardiac Physiology
8. Vascular Physiology
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9. The Blood
10.Body Defenses D?
11.The Respiratory System
12.The Urinary System
13.Fluid and Acid-Base Balance
14.The Digestive System
15.Energy Balance and Temperature Regulation
16.The Endocrine Glands
17.The Reproductive System




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chapter 1
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

1. All cells are capable of reproducing.
a. True
b. False
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2. Blood is a type of connective tissue.
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a. True
b. False

3. The skin is part of the integumentary system.
a. True
b. False
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4. Stem cells are not common to all multicellular organisms.
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a. True
b. False

5. Cells eliminate carbon dioxide as a waste product. OV
a. True
b. False

6. The concentration of salt in the extracellular fluid influences how water enters and leaves cells.
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a. True
b. False

7. The endocrine system functions with the circulatory system for the transport of hormones.
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a. True
b. False

8. All proteins are enzymes.
a. True
b. False

9. Homeostatic control systems are grouped into two classes: intrinsic and extrinsic controls.
a. True
b. False

10. With positive feedback, a control system’s input and output continue to enhance each other.
a. True
b. False

11. Exocrine glands are the only structures in the body capable of secretion.
a. True
b. False

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12. Secretion refers to the release from a cell, in response to appropriate stimulation, of specific products that
have, in large part, been synthesized by the cell.
a. True
b. False
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13. Feedforward mechanisms bring about a response in reaction to a change in a regulated variable.
a. True IA_
b. False

14. Intestine, heart, and skin do not consist of hormone-secreting cells.
a. True AP
b. False

15. Glands are formed during embryonic development by pockets of epithelial tissue that dip inward from the
surface. PR
a. True
b. False

16. Not all activities performed by the muscular and nervous systems are directed toward maintaining
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homeostasis.
a. True
b. False

17. Enzymes are carbohydrates.
a. True
b. False
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a. True
b. False
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18. Factors that are homeostatically regulated are maintained at a constant, fixed level unless disease is present.




19. A lumen is a cavity within a hollow organ or tube.
a. True
b. False

20. Highly differentiated tissues such as nervous and cardiac muscle are incapable of new cell production.
a. True
b. False

21. The lungs remove carbon dioxide from the blood plasma.
a. True
b. False

22. Some organs, such as the heart, skin, and intestine, belong to more than one body system.
a. True
b. False