Question: What term refers to the study of the functions and activities performed by the body structures?

Answer: physiology

Question: What do human cells need to grow and reproduce?

Answer: ability to eliminate waste products

Question: What type of tissue gives smoothness and contour to the body?

Answer: adipose tissue

Question: What type of tissue is composed of neurons?

Answer: nerve

Question: What organ removes waste created by digestion?

Answer: liver

Question: What is NOT a function of the skeletal system?

1. producing blood for the body

2. b. providing the shape and form for the body

3. c. contracting and moving parts of the body

4. d. protecting the body

5. Answer: c. contracting and moving parts of the body

6. Question: The skeletal system stores most of the body’s ___ supply?

7. a. oxygen

8. b. calcium

9. c. iron

10. d. niacin

11. Answer: b. calcium

12. Question: What are the two basic types of joints?

13. Answer: movable and immovable

14. Question: What type of muscle functions automatically, without conscious will, and is found in the digestive system?

15. Answer: nonstriated

16. Question: What term refers to the part of the muscle which is the movable attachment and farthest from the skeleton?

17. Answer: insertion