True or False
The human body goes through more positive feedback than negative feedback.
False.
______________, one of the important characteristics of living things, involves mechanisms within an organism that maintain a consistent internal environment or a "steady state".
Homeostasis
A ________ plane is a vertical plane that divides the body or organ into equal left and right halves.
midsagittal
The function of the ________ system is digestion and absorption.
digestive
DNA is formed in a triple helix.
False, DNA is formed in a double helix.
_______ is the passive movement of water through a semipermeable membrane.
Osmosis
Which body system secretes hormones?
Endocrine System
What do Physiologists do?
examine the function of various organ systems
Cell division is called mitosis.
True
______ is the fluid part of the cytoplasm.
Cytosol
The anatomical term for the portion of the lower limb between the knee and ankle is _______ .
crural
What's one of the functions of the kidney?
maintaining overall fluid balance. regulating and filtering minerals from blood. filtering waste materials from food, medications, and toxic substances.
Anaphase is the third stage in mitosis.
True
________ is the study of cells.
Cytology
The _____ plane passes through at an angle.
oblique
The _____ controls our thoughts, memory and speech, movement of the arms and legs, and the function of many organs within our body.
brain
Translation is the division of the cytoplasm between two newly forming cells.
False, it's cytokinesis.
"Dispose of _____" is a function of cells.
"wastes"
What is the simplest level of organization?
The chemical level.
(True or False) The immune system is a network of tissues and organs that help rid the body of toxins, waste and other unwanted materials.
False, it's the Lymphatic system.