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