Exam 1: Introduction to Physiology

Where is most of the water in the body found?

Obesity predisposes a person to develop type 1 diabetes mellitus.

What cells secrete insulin?

Compare and contrast the different forms of diabetes.

Movement from the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract to the blood would represent which of the following processes?

Obesity is identified using what measurement?

The fluid compartment with a high sodium concentration that contains only trace amounts of protein is called

The tissue type that generates mechanical force and movement, and whose activity is controlled both on a voluntary and involuntary level, is tissue.

Diabetes mellitus requires insulin injections for maintenance.

The internal and external environments are separated by the selectively permeable membranes of epithelial cells.

Describe the four general groups of cells (tissues)that are found in the body, outlining the important characteristics of each group and their functions.

The process of maintaining the internal environment in a state compatible for life is called , and it occurs primarily through _.

Extracellular fluid is composed of

The smallest living units capable of carrying out their own basic life functions are called

When people cut themselves, they have clotting factors in their blood that will be released continuously in a cascade until their blood clots and terminates the bleeding. What mechanism caused their blood to clot?

Which of the following statements about homeostasis is FALSE?