Anatomy final exam

This Level of organization consists of groups of similar looking cells with its surrounding material working together to perform a function:

• chemical

• cellular

• tissue

• organ

This is the smallest unit of an organism that carries out the basic function of life:

• molecule

• organelle

• cell

• organ

This organ system removes waste products from the blood, regulates pH and water balance:

• endocrine

• lymphatic

• integumentary

• urinary

This organ system transports nutrients, waste products, gases and hormones throughout the body and regulates body temperature:

• lymphatic

• cardiovascular

• respiratory

• endocrine

The muscular system functions to do this:

• produces movement

• maintains posture

• produces body heat

• all of these

• a and b only

Essential characteristics of life do NOT include:

• organization

• respiration

• reproduction

• metabolism

Responsiveness is the ability of an organism to sense a change in its environment and react to it.

• True

• False

This characteristic of life involves the passing down of genetic information by the formation of new cells or new organisms:

• growth

• development

• organization

• reproduction

The body's ability to produce energy for muscle contraction during exercise by the break down of glycogen into glucose is this:

• growth

• metabolism

• morphogenesis

• development

The body's ability to maintain itself in a steady state is known as this:

• negative feedback

• positive feedback

• variable

• homeostasis