Homeostasis, Feedback, Anatomy, Physiology
The study of the functions of the body's components
physiology
Contains nitrogen and composed of amino acid monomers.
Examples of this type of macromolecule include hemoglobin and antibodies
proteins
building a polysaccharide like starch from simple sugar molecules would be considered:
catabolism, anabolism, feedback, femur
anabolism
If you are standing in an anatomical position, your elbows are __________ to your stomach
medial, lateral, superficial, deep
lateral
which body system contains the following:
carpals, clavicle, fibula
skeletal system.
Halloween joke: What do you call two skeletons who drive to school together? -> Carpals
the study of the form and location of the body's components
anatomy
monosaccharides are the monomers for this type of macromolecule.
Examples of this type of macromolecules include cellulose and glycogen
carbohydrate
breaking a protein down into its component monomers would be an example of which metabolic process?
anabolism, catabolism, synthesis, equilibrium
catabolism
If you are standing in an anatomical position, your hips are _____ to your ankles
lateral, distal, superior, inferior
superior
Which body system contains external oblique and pectoralis major?
muscular system
When a variable has breached the homeostatic range, a mechanism that helps to bring the variable back into its homeostatic range would be considered to be a form of which type of feedback?
Negative Feedback
a molecule composed of multiple monomers linked together is referred to as a
polymer
The speed with which the chemical reactions in the body occur is referred to as what?
Metabolic Rate
If you are standing in an anatomical position, your stomach is ______ to your spine
posterior, anterior, superficial, respiration
anterior
Which body system sends hormones throughout the body by secreting hormones into the blood?
endocrine system
A steady state range for a variable (such as temperature, pH, blood glucose, blood oxygen concentration, etc.) within which the body tries to remain.
Homeostatic Range
Fats and oils are examples of this category of macromolecule, which contains only C, H, and O
Lipids
Provide a specific definition for basal metabolism
Answers will vary. Should capture the concept that basal metabolism excludes calories burned by digestion and exercise.
If you are in a seated position, your knees are ______ to your hips
posterior, anterior, proximal, deep
anterior
Spleen and Thymus are considered parts of which system?
Lymphatic / Immune system
Something that acts to move temporarily further away from the homeostatic range would be considered what form of feedback?
positive feedback
DNA is a form of this type of macromolecule.
Nucleotides are the monomers of this type of macromolecule.
This type of macromolecule contains hereditary information.
Nucleic Acids
Why do humans need to burn so many calories while at rest? What needs to occur physiologically even while humans are "at rest" ?
heating the body
cellular processes incl. nervous system activity, function of the body systems other than the skeletal muscles, etc.
This body plane divides the body into front and back halves
frontal plane
The kidneys and ureters are components of which body system?
This body system helps to rid the blood of waste products and remove those waste products from the body.
Urinary system