Portage Learning A&P II: EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Name the 6 levels of organization of the body - answers chemical, cellular, tissue,
organ, organ
... [Show More] system, organism
The necessary life function that protects our internal environment from our external
environment is provided by what system? - answers Integumentary
The function of movement is provided by what system? - answers Muscular System
The function of responsiveness is provided by what system? - answers Nervous
System
The function of digestion is provided by what system? - answers Digestive
What is anabolism? - answers The building of complex structures from simpler ones
What is catabolism? - answers The breakdown of complex structures into simpler
building blocks
Excretion involves what systems? - answers Digestive, Respiratory, Urinary
The reproductive system is controlled by what other system? - answers The Endocrine
System
Which tissue covers the body surface and lines the cavities of the body. - answers
Epithelium
Name the three steps in cellular respiration. - answers 1. Glycolysis
2. Citric Acid Cycle
3. Electron Transport System
What is the purpose of ATP? - answers ATP is a very energy rich molecule that powers
cellular activity allowing cells to have the energy needed to carry out their functions
Epithelial cells perform what types of functions? - answers Epethelial cells special in
tasks such as secretion and absorption. The cells are under constant division to replace
dead cells that shed away.
What are the four basic tissue types? - answers Epethelial, Muscle, Connective,
Nervous
Review the figures in this lecture to recognize the major body systems. - answers
Toward or at the body surface is known as what direction? - answers Superficial
Away from the body surface is what direction? - answers Deep
Between a more medial and more lateral structure is what orientation? - answers
Intermediate
Toward or at the midline of the body or on the inner side of is what direction? - answers
Medial
Away from the head end or toward the lower part of a structure of the body, is what
direction? - answers Inferior
Toward the head end or upper part of a structure (above) is what direction? - answers
Superior
Toward or at the front of the body is what direction? - answers Ventral (anterior)
Is the knee proximal or distal to the pelvis? - answers Distal
Is the elbow proximal or distal to the hand? - answers Proximal
Toward or at the back of the body is what direction? - answers Dorsal (posterior)
Closing of a joint is which action? - answers Flexion
Opening of a joint is which action? - answers Extension
In anatomical position are the hands in pronation or supination? - answers Supination
Why are the hands in this position (answer from #28/above)? - answers So that the
bones (radius and ulna) in the forearm remain uncrossed
Define elevation and depression - answers Elevation: upward movement of a structure
Depression: Downward movement of a structure
Define retraction and protraction: - answers Protraction: movement in the anterior
direction (forward)
Retraction: movement in the posterior direction (backward)
Look at the figure in the module question 32 of the right elbow. What is the
demonstrated action (in the direction of the arrow which is pointed downward)? -
answers Elbow Extension
Look at the figure in the module question 33 of the right hand. A person standing in
anatomical position moves their right wrist laterally towards the radius. What is this
action called (towards label A)? - answers Radial Deviation
This body division includes the head neck and trunk? - answers Axial
This is a vertical plane that divides the body into right and left parts - answers Sagital
These planes lie vertically and divide the body into anterior and posterior parts -
answers Frontal
A transverse plane divides the body into these two parts: - answers Superior and
Inferior
These cuts/sections are made diagonally between the horizontal and vertical planes. -
answers Oblique
This body cavity protects the nervous system. - answers Dorsal
This body cavity encases the brain. - answers Cranial
This cavity encloses the spinal cord. - answers Spinal
The frontal plane is also known as the ------- plane. - answers Coronal
The ventral body cavity is divided into these two cavities: - answers Thoracic and
abdominopelvic
This cavity encloses the heart: - answers Pericardial
The outer surfaces of the organs and body cavities are covered by this double layered
membrane called the - answers Serosa
What is pleurisy? - answers inflammation of the pleura
The abdominopelvic region is divided into what four quadrants? - answers Right & Left
Upper, Right & Left Lower
This region surrounds the naval - answers Umbilical
This region houses the pelvis - answers Hypogastric
This cavity houses the teeth and tongue - answers Oral
The cavity houses the eyes - answers Orbial [Show Less]