Friday, December 7, 2018

Human Body Test Review Items

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Human Body Review Sheet

 

Directions:  Answer each of the following questions.  This is a "just for you" assignment to help you prepare for your test.  It will not be collected.  

 

  1. What are the five levels of organization in the human body from simplest to most complex?

 

 

 

  1. Explain how cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems are related.  (what is made up of what).  Be able to identify pictures of each.

 

 

 

  1. Explain what nerve tissue, connective tissue, muscle tissue, and epithelial tissue do.

 

 

 

 

  1. Explain what homeostasis is and how it is important to the body.

 

 

 

 

  1. What are the functions and major organs of the Circulatory, Respiratory, Skeletal, Muscular, Digestive, Nervous, and Excretory Systems?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What are the three main muscle types and how are they different from each other?

 

 

 

 

  1. What is a tendon?  What is a ligament?

 

 

 

  1. When muscles work in pairs and one of those muscles contracts, what does the other one do? Why do muscles have to work in pairs?

 

 

 

 

  1. What is the function of the atria?  What is the function of the ventricles? How does job of the left ventricle differ from the right ventricle?

 

 

 

  1. How do the three types of blood vessels differ (arteries, veins, and capillaries) in their functions?

 

 

 

  1. Where are valves located in the circulatory system and what is their function? 

 

 

 

  1. What is the difference between the central and the peripheral nervous system? 
  2. Explain how moving the diaphragm helps move air in and out of the lungs (think about the lung models

 

 

 

  1. Explain how two body systems work together to move your body.