Physiological Biochemistry
Cell Physiology
Medical Terminology
Major Human Organ Systems
Anatomical Features
100
A small subatomic particle found in the atom with a negative charge.
What is an electron?
100
These are the four major classes of biological molecules that make up the human body.
What are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids?
100
Any abnormality indicative of disease that is objectively discoverable upon examination of a patient.
What is a sign?
100
These are the two major organ systems that work together to tightly control the homeostatic balance in the human body.
What are the nervous and endocrine systems?
100
This is the largest organ in our body.
What is the skin?
200
Cellular respiration makes ATP by the breakdown of this essential carbohydrate molecule.
What is glucose?
200
These are the monomeric building blocks of proteins in the human body.
What are amino acids?
200
The proper term for a disease with an unknown etiology.
What is an idiopathic disease?
200
Bones, joints, ligaments and cartilage comprise the main components of this organ system.
What is the skeletal system?
200
The central nervous system consists of these components.
What are the brain and the spinal cord?
300
The nucleus of an atom contains these subatomic particles.
What are neutrons and protons?
300
These are the four major types of molecular bonds between molecules in the body.
What are peptide, hydrogen, covalent, and ionic bonds?
300
A massage therapist would ask for you to assume which anatomic position to receive a back massage?
What is the prone position?
300
The number of bones found in the human skeletal system.
What are 206?
300
Which types of tissues comprise important membranes (such as synovial membranes) in the human body?
What are connective and epithelial tissues?
400
A solution with a high concentration of H+ (or hydronium) ions and a low concentration of OH- (hydroxyl) ions.
What is an acid?
400
This is the major difference between active and passive types of transport in cells.
What is the requirement for ATP in active transport?
400
The anatomical plane that runs through the human body that runs the long axis and extends from anterior to posterior.
What is a median or mid-sagittal plane?
400
These are the eleven major organ systems in the human body.
What are SMILEDRUNCR?
400
These are the two major anatomical cavities of the human body.
What are the dorsal and ventral cavities?
500
These are the four nucleic acid bases found in Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA).
What are Thymine, Adenine, Guanine, and Cytosine?
500
Enzymes, which function to catalyze important physiologically necessary bioreactions in the body, are classified as this type of major molecule.
What is a protein?
500
These are the three major components that must be thoroughly understood to properly learn and utilize medical terminology.
What are the word root, prefixes, and suffixes?
500
Which other organ system is vital to the proper function of the endocrine system and hormonal transport in the body?
What is the circulatory system?
500
These are the four major classes of vertebrae found in the human spine.
What are cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral?