APHY 101 MIDTERM EXAM LATEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE INDIANAPOLIS

APHY 101 MIDTERM EXAM LATEST QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS IVY TECH COMMUNITY
COLLEGE INDIANAPOLIS
What is the difference between eccrine and apocrine sweat glands? -
ANSWER>>Eccrine sweat glands are most numerous and respond throughout to body
temperature elevated by environmental heat or physical exertion.
What is the difference between anatomy and physiology? - ANSWER>>Anatomy is the
study of the structure of body parts, whereas physiology is the study of the function of
body parts
What are the levels of organization? - ANSWER>>subatomic particles, atom, molecule,
macromolecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
What are the requirements of life? - ANSWER>>Water, food, oxygen, heat, pressure
What are the characteristics of life? - ANSWER>>Movement (internal or gross);
Responsiveness (reaction to internal or external change); Growth (increase in size
without change in shape); Reproduction (new organisms or new cells); Respiration (use
of oxygen; removal of CO2); Digestion (breakdown of food); Absorption (movement of
substances through membranes and into fluids); Circulation (movement within body
fluids); Assimilation (changing nutrients into chemically different forms); Excretion
(removal of metabolic wastes)
Define homeostasis - ANSWER>>Body's maintenance of a stable environment
What is a homeostatic mechanism? - ANSWER>>the body maintains homeostasis
through a number of self-regulating control systems; examples are regulating body
temperature and pressure sensitive receptors to regulate body pressure
Define matter - ANSWER>>Anything that takes up space and has mass (weight). It is
composed of elements.
Define element - ANSWER>>fundamental substance composed of chemically identical
atoms
Define atoms - ANSWER>>smallest particle of an element; basic unit of matter