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IVY TECH APHY 101 FINAL EXAM Q UESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2025 / 2026 | 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS
- What is the difference between anatomy and physiology?
- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: 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?
- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: subatomic particles, atom,
molecule, macromolecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
- What are the requirements of life?
- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: Water, food, oxygen, heat,
pressure
- What are the characteristics of life?
- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: 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);
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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
- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: Body's maintenance of a
stable environment
- What is a homeostatic mechanism?
- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: 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
- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: Anything that takes up space
and has mass (weight). It is composed of elements.
- Define element
- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: fundamental substance
composed of chemically identical atoms
- Define atoms
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- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: smallest particle of an
element; basic unit of matter
- What is the structure of an atom?
- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: An atom consists of a
nucleus containing protons and neutrons, with electrons in orbit around the nucleus.
- Atomic nucleus
- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: the nucleus contains protons
and neutrons
- Proton
- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: subatomic particle that has a
positive charge
- Neutron
- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: subatomic particle that has
no charge
- Electron
- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: subatomic particle that has a
negative charge
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- Atomic number
- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: number of protons in
nucleus
- Atomic mass
- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: number of protons plus
number of neutrons
- What are covalent bonds?
- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: Covalent bonds are formed
when atoms share electrons to become stable with filled outer shells
- What are ionic bonds?
- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: 2 oppositely charged atoms
form this bond when electrons are transferred from one atom to another atom
- What are hydrogen bonds?
- THE CORRECT ANSWER is: Weak attraction between
positive end of one polar molecule and negative end of another polar molecule; formed between water molecules