BIOSCI 107 Organs and Function

Question 1

Provides internal support and positioning of the external limbs and supports and enables the muscles to move the axial skeleton?

Answer 1

Appendicular skeleton

Question 2

Comprised of limbs, supporting ligaments and bones

Answer 2

Appendicular skeleton

Question 3

Stores minerals

Answer 3

Bone

Question 4

Regulates nutrients in blood

Answer 4

Liver

Question 5

Sperm maturation

Answer 5

Epididymus

Question 6

Sensation from innervation (hair movements are felt)

Answer 6

Hair follicles

Question 7

Removes waste from skin

Answer 7

Sebaceous glands

Question 8

Thermoregulation through evaporative cooling

Answer 8

Sweat glands

Question 9

Stiffen and protect digits (toes and fingers)

Answer 9

Nails

Question 10

Detect sensations from touch, pressure, pain and temperature

Answer 10

Sensory receptors

Question 11

Stores fat

Answer 11

Hypodermis

Question 12

Upper papillary layer of areolar tissue and lower reticular layer of dense irregular connective tissue

Answer 12

Dermis

Question 13

Seperates the integument from the fascia around deeper organs

Answer 13

Hypodermis

Question 14

Support skin function

Answer 14

Blood vessels and Nerve Fibers

Question 15

Protect soft tissues

Answer 15

Skeletal muscles

Question 16

Provides support and positioning of axial skeleton

Answer 16

Axial muscle

Question 17

Muscle to muscle connection

Answer 17

Aponeuroses

Question 18

Comprised of skull, vertebrae, sacrum, coccyx, sternum, supporting cartilage and ligaments

Answer 18

Axial skeleton

Question 19

RBC production in flat bones (pelvis, sternum, skull, ribs) lose some of this with aging.

Answer 19

Red Bone Marrow

Question 20

Stores fat cells in medullary cavities of long bones. Gain with aging, yellow to red after major bleeding

Answer 20

Yellow Bone Marrow

Question 21

Controls voluntary and involuntary actions

Answer 21

Brain

Question 22

Regulates growth

Answer 22

Hypothalmus