Life Functions
A mouse having a litter of babies is best described as which life function?
What is reproduction
What is the most common feedback loop in the body?
What is a negative feedback loop.
The study of how the body works
What is physiology
Maintaining a stable internal balance is best defined as what?
What is Homeostasis
Name at least one organ that would be found within the dorsal cavity?
What is:
The brain
the spinal cord
What life function best describes your reaction to turn towards a sudden noise?
What is Responsiveness.
A group of similar cells working together is called a(n)
What is tissue
Name a body part that is inferior to the heart?
What is:
Examine this DNA strand: TACCTGGCA. The sequence that would be found on the other side of the DNA molecule would be what?
What is ATGGACCGT
Name 3 organs located within the abdominal cavity.
What are:
Nutrients from your lunch being absorbed into the blood is best defined as which life function?
What is digestion.
Which system of the body is responsible for fighting infection?
What is the Lymphatic system.
Name a body part that is lateral to the heart.
The movement of pollen through a window screen would be an illustration of which type of transport?
What is passive transport
Which body cavity contains the pleural cavity, mediastinum and thoracic cavity?
What is the ventral Cavity
Hormones increasing the rate of mitosis, making you taller can best be described by which life function?
What is Growth.
Which system of the body contains glands and hormones?
What is the endocrine system.
Name a body part that is proximal to the elbow?
What is:
Shoulder
Deltoid
Brachium
During which phase of the cell cycle to cells spend most of their time?
What is interphase.
Which type of tissue would you find lining the pelvic cavity?
What is epithelial
Which life function would be used to explain glucose being combined to form glycogen for energy storage
What is Metabolism
Meiosis would be a common process in which body system?
What is the reproductive system
The plane that divides you down the middle in half is called what?
median/midsagittal
Describe the process on protein synthesis in three words or less.
What can be described as Transcription and translation
Which membrane that we discussed the most shallow and which is the deepest?
What are:
Shallow: Parietal Serosa
Deepest: Visceral Serosa