Chapter 1 1. Which of the following is an example of homeostasis?

a. regulation of blood CO2 level

b. regulation of blood glucose level

c. regulation of body temperature

d. all of the above

2. Which statement is a correct description of negative feedback control system?

a. It is stimulatory

b. It is inhibitory

c. It amplifies the change that is occurring

3. Positive feedback control system:

a. Are stimulatory

b. Tend to produce destabilizing effects and disrupt homeostasis

c. Produce an action that is opposite to the change that activate the same system

d. Both "a" and "b" are correct

4. The lungs are to the liver:

a. distal

b. lateral

c. inferior

d. superior

5. The heart is to the lungs:

a. superior

b. dorsal

c. medial

d. lateral

6. A vertical plane through the body dividing it into right and left is termed:

a. sagittal

b. lateral

c. transverse

d. frontal

7. A patient sustains severe blunt trauma to the left upper abdomen and requires surgery. The body organ most likely to be involved is the

a. appendix

b. gallbladder

c. spleen

d. urinary bladder

8. Cytology is the study of:

a. tissues

b. organisms

c. cells

d. all of these are correct

9. A term that means nearer the attached end of a limb is:

a. medial

b. lateral

c. distal

d. proximal

10. Coronal plane:

a. Divides the body into anterior and posterior portions

b. Divides the body into upper and lower portions

c. Divides the body into left and right portions

d. Is also called horizontal plane