A&P Final Exam Review - Semester 1

Visceral layer is

• the inner layer of meninges

• the outer layer of meninges

• the inner layer of serous membrane

• the outer layer of serous membrane

Which membrane is the outer serous lining that protects and anchors the stomach and small intestines in their place within the abdominopelvic cavity?

• Visceral Pericardium

• Visceral Peritoneum

• Visceral Pleura

• Parietal Pericardium

• Parietal Peritoneum

The combination of chemical reactions through

which an organism builds up or breaks down

materials as it carries out its life processes is called ...

• absorption

• metabolism

• digestion

• consumption

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Maintaining a stable internal environment is called

• homeostasis

• equilibrium

• balance

• evenness

Maintaining a stable internal environment typically requires

• positive feedback mechanisms

• an unstable outside environment

• decreased atmospheric pressure

• negative feedback mechanisms

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Which of the following characteristics of life and their descriptions are correct?

• Responsiveness-obtaining and using oxygen to release energy from food

• Assimilation-sensing changes inside or outside the body and reacting to them

• Respiration-changing absorbed substances into forms that are chemically different from those that entered the body fluids

• Circulation-the movement of substances in body fluids

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

The ability of an organism to sense and react to changes in its body illustrates

• circulation

• respiration

• responsiveness

• absorption

Integumentary system

• consists of the skin, mucous membranes, hair & nails

• membranes that line the pelvic cavity

• lining the closed cavities of the body

• enclose the lungs and line the chest wall

Muscular system ...

• consists of muscles, tendons, and ligaments

• blood vessels transport blood

• consists of skeletal muscles

• composed of red marrow, thymus, spleen, lymph nodes

Which of the following lists is in the order of increasing levels of complexity?

• organelles - tissues - cells - organ systems - organs

• organelles - cells - tissues - organs - organ systems

• cells - macromolecules - tissues - body - organs

• tissue - cell - organs - organelles - organ systems

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3