Make-up Exam overview

Preparing the body for the "fight-or-flight" response is the role of the ________.

• Cerebrum
• parasympathetic nervous sys
• sympathetic nervous sys
• somatic nervous sys

The "resting and digesting" division of the autonomic nervous system is the ________.

• parasympathetic division
• sympathetic division
• somatic division
• somatic nervous system

Seventy percent of all sensory receptors are located in the ________. 

• eye
• ears
• skin
• nose

What is the main function of the rods in the eye? 

• vision in dim light 
• depth perception 

Farsightedness is more properly called ________. 

• myopia
• hypopia
• hyperopia
• presbyopia

Which of the following muscle types is NOT striated?!

• Smooth
• Skeletal 
• Cardiac
• All of the above are striated

Organ system that takes nutrients from your food and absorbs it into your body.

• Circulatory
• Digestive
• Respiratory
• Endocrine

Organ system that includes HORMONES and glands

• Excretory
• Endocrine
• Circulatory
• Lymphatic /Immune

What is HOMEOSTASIS?

• Body's ability to maintain a STABLE internal environment
• Body's ability to maintain an internal environment that is constantly CHANGING

What is a group of similar cells?

• Tissue 
• Organ
• Cell group
• Organ system