BIO105 Week 1 Assignment: Anatomy, Physiology & Homeostasis Insights
- Define the terms anatomy and physiology
- List and briefly describe the levels of organization that relate the structure of an organism to its function. Give examples characteristic of each level.
- Give examples of each system level of organization in the body and briefly discuss the function of each.
- What is meant by the term anatomical position? How do the specific anatomical terms of position or direction relate to this body orientation?
Critical Thinking Questions 1-3 on page 37
- Use the fishbowl model of homeostasis to describe how the kidneys help maintain homeostasis
- When driving in traffic, it is important to stay in your own lane. If you see that you are drifting out of your lane, your brain tells your arms and hands to move in such a way that you get back in your lane. Identify the 3 components of a control loop in this example. Classify this as a positive or negative feedback loop
- As your blood glucose drops below the set point value, what strategies might the body employ to raise the glucose concentration back toward the set point?
Solution
- Define the terms anatomy and physiology
- Anatomy is the study of an organism and the relationships of its parts. Physiology studies the functions of the living organism and its parts. Both are branches of biology concerned with the form and functions of the body.
- List and briefly describe the levels of organization that relate the structure of an organism to its function. Give examples characteristic of each level.
- There are 7 levels of organization; Chemical, Organelle, Cellular, Tissue, Organ, System, and Organism.
- Chemical level is the beginning of the organization of the
- The Organelle level deals with Organelles, a structure made of molecules in a way to perform a certain function.
- The Cellular level deals with cells, small structural units that possess and exhibit basic characteristics of living matter.
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