Study Guide for Cumulative Final Exam
1. Know the Student Learning Objectives given on the course syllabus.
2. Be able to define: anatomy chemistry positive feedback anabolism physiology biochemistry negative feedback catabolism histology homeostasis metabolism
3. Be able to identify specific examples of homeostasis and negative feedback regulation with blood glucose and calcium levels and blood pressure control.
4. Be able to place each level of structural organization in the proper sequence from either simplest to most complex or vice versa: proton, neutron, electron cell tissue organelle atom, element organ system organism molecule, compound
5. Be able to recognize the definition / description of each of the body planes:
Sagittal ( mid- & para-) Frontal (coronal) Transverse
6. Name each of the body cavities and place the following organs in the appropriate cavity:
Heart lungs stomach brain spinal cord liver intestines
7. Know the location of body membranes: Visceral & parietal: pleura, pericardium, peritoneum
8. Be able to understand what is meant by and be able to use of all regional and directional anatomic terms used in this course.
9. Be able to define: pH ionic bond proton monosaccharide disaccharide
Buffer covalent bond electron polysaccharide glycerol acid hydrogen bond neutron fatty acid nucleic acid base anion organic inorganic enzyme cation Atomic number Atomic weight salt
10. Be able to recognize how buffers work (chemically) to prevent dramatic changes in pH.
11. Be able to recognize the location / function / composition of each of the following in the cell: enzymes amino acids glycogen RNA
ATP glucose triglycerides DNA phospholipids cholesterol
12. Be able to recognize the chemical components of the plasma membrane and the role of each chemical component.
13. Be able to define / describe the pH scale and to