BIOD PORTAGE LEARNING
MODULE 1
True or False: The dorsal body cavity contains the cranial cavity, the spinal cavity, and the pelvic cavity. If your
... [Show More] answer is false, rephrase the statement to make it a true statement.
Your Answer:
False : Dorsal cavity contains cranial and spinal cavities. Pelvic cavity is in the ventral cavity.
False. The dorsal cavity contains the cranial cavity and the spinal cavity.
The body is divided into superior and inferior sections by what type of plane? Your Answer:
Transverse Plane (Horizontal Plane)
Transverse plane horizontal plane
Using the letters given, match the cell with the type of solution it has been placed in:
A cell beginning to swell
A red blood cell placed in ocean water
A cell containing an equal amount of solute as the solution
List the four basic types of tissues. Your Answer:
• Epithelium tissue
• Muscle tissue
• Connective tissue
• Nervous tissue
Epithelium, muscle, connective, and nervous tissue
List the three layers of the skin in order from superficial to deep. The most superficial
layer of the skin should be at the top of your list. To receive credit the layers must be in this order.
Your Answer:
• Epidermis (outer layer)
• Dermis
• Hypodermis
1. epidermis (outer layer)
2. dermis (middle layer)
3. hypodermis (inner, also called subcutaneous tissue layer)
*MUST be in this order (top to bottom) to receive credit
Note: Essay answers must clearly be in your own words.
Glucagon stimulates the breakdown of glycogen in the liver. Based upon your learning of metabolism, would this be considered an anabolic or catabolic hormone? Explain why.
Your Answer:
The breakdown of glycogen in the liver is catabolic reaction. Because catabolism is the part of the metabolism responsible for breaking complex molucules down into smaller molecules. So glucogon hormene is catabolic hormone.
Catabolic because it is breaking down a larger substance into smaller parts (releasing energy in the process).
What anatomical orientation term is used to indicate "toward [Show Less]