Multiple Choice Questions

Which statement about negative feedback mechanisms is true?
  • All separate ECF from another compartment Skin of a ratCell membraneGills of a fishIntestinal Lining
  • Animal bodies are highly ordered systems and if left isolated from the surrounding environment, they decay to an increasing level of disorder
  • There is no exchange of water or solutes between intra and extracellular compartments
  • A control mechanism compares the difference between a set point and actual levels of a controlled variable.
Extracellular fluid includes about ___ % of total body water
  • 4
  • 40
  • Connective
  • Nervous
Because of its _______ energy needs, a strict regulator is less well suited than a conformer to survive in regions where _______ is scarce.
  • homeostasis
  • Epithelial
  • Connective
  • high; food
Which of the following is not an example of how evolution has shaped and placed constraints on animal form and function?
  • All separate ECF from another compartment Skin of a ratCell membraneGills of a fishIntestinal Lining
  • Animal bodies are highly ordered systems and if left isolated from the surrounding environment, they decay to an increasing level of disorder
  • ALL ANSWERS WERE FALSE SO:Animals can't be aligned with the human body being the most advanced and optimal in every wayEach physiological system wasn't designed to perform optimal in one specific functionPhysiological respones aren't always beneficial to health and survivalHuman environments have changed drastically in the last 200 years and human physiology has NOT evolved at the same pace to compensate
  • ALL ARE EXAMPLESNo animals have bodies with wheelsAll aquatic birds and mammals breath air, not waterBats, which are mammals, do not use feathers to flyHumans get goosebumps when cold but don't have enough hair for insulation
Which of the following is false concerning body compartments and membranes?
  • Animal bodies are highly ordered systems and if left isolated from the surrounding environment, they decay to an increasing level of disorder
  • They have secretory functions
  • There is no exchange of water or solutes between intra and extracellular compartments
  • All separate ECF from another compartment Skin of a ratCell membraneGills of a fishIntestinal Lining
Which of the following is an important characteristic of epithelial tissues?
  • All separate ECF from another compartment Skin of a ratCell membraneGills of a fishIntestinal Lining
  • Connective
  • They have secretory functions
  • There is no exchange of water or solutes between intra and extracellular compartments
Which of the following is true concerning animal form and function?
  • ALL ARE EXAMPLESNo animals have bodies with wheelsAll aquatic birds and mammals breath air, not waterBats, which are mammals, do not use feathers to flyHumans get goosebumps when cold but don't have enough hair for insulation
  • All separate ECF from another compartment Skin of a ratCell membraneGills of a fishIntestinal Lining
  • ALL ANSWERS WERE FALSE SO:Animals can't be aligned with the human body being the most advanced and optimal in every wayEach physiological system wasn't designed to perform optimal in one specific functionPhysiological respones aren't always beneficial to health and survivalHuman environments have changed drastically in the last 200 years and human physiology has NOT evolved at the same pace to compensate
  • Animal bodies are highly ordered systems and if left isolated from the surrounding environment, they decay to an increasing level of disorder
When using your cruise control in your car at 70 mph, your speed drops to 65 mph when climbing a hill. The car computer detects the difference between 70 and 65 mph and increases the throttle. The difference between 70 and 65 mph in this example is called ____________.
  • Epithelial
  • high; food
  • an error signal
  • homeostasis
Which of the following is not a type of muscle tissue?
  • There is no exchange of water or solutes between intra and extracellular compartments
  • Connective
  • They have secretory functions
  • ALL ANSWERS WERE FALSE SO:Animals can't be aligned with the human body being the most advanced and optimal in every wayEach physiological system wasn't designed to perform optimal in one specific functionPhysiological respones aren't always beneficial to health and survivalHuman environments have changed drastically in the last 200 years and human physiology has NOT evolved at the same pace to compensate
What type of tissue is responsible for sensing touch?
  • EpithelialConnectiveMuscle Nervous
  • Epithelial
  • Nervous
  • Connective
What type of tissue is responsible for secreting digestive enzymes?
  • Epithelial
  • Nervous
  • EpithelialConnectiveMuscle Nervous
  • Connective
Bone and blood are both types of _______ tissue.
  • homeostasis
  • Epithelial
  • connective
  • Nervous
Using a microscope at low magnification, you study the lining of the small intestine of an anesthetized rat. You would see _______, which is responsible for the movement of food molecules from the gut into the rat's body. As you zoom in to observe this structure at much higher magnification, you would see _______, which is responsible for movement of molecules between fluid compartments.
  • epithelial tissue; a cell membrane
  • Epithelial
  • EpithelialConnectiveMuscle Nervous
  • They have secretory functions
Although there are many kinds of specialized cell types, there are only _______ kinds of tissue.
  • 4
  • Animal bodies are highly ordered systems and if left isolated from the surrounding environment, they decay to an increasing level of disorder
  • All separate ECF from another compartment Skin of a ratCell membraneGills of a fishIntestinal Lining
  • 40
What is the title for a category of a Nobel Prize?
  • An organ is usually composed of a single type of tissue
  • Physiology or Medicine
  • They have secretory functions
  • EpithelialConnectiveMuscle Nervous
What is a false statement about body tissues?
  • EpithelialConnectiveMuscle Nervous
  • An organ is usually composed of a single type of tissue
  • Nervous
  • Physiology or Medicine
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