Anatomy Midterm Review (5)

Why is homeostasis important?

Has the ability to maintain a relatively stable internal conditions, even though the outside worl changes continuosly
Examples of homeostasis
- Blood clotting (positive feedback)
- Body temperature
Enhances the stimulus

Positive feedback
Shutting down stimulus

Negative feedback
Divides body into anterior and posterior parts

Frontal (cornal) plane
Sagittal plane exactly in the middle (vertical)

Median plane (midsagittal)
Dividing the body into superior and inferior parts

Transversal (horizontal) plane
Right and left sides

Sagittal Plane
Offset from the midline

Parasagittal
Cells obtain nutrients and utilize them to make new living things and maintain functions

Interphase
Which tepithelial tissue allows gases to be excahnged between the blood and air in the lungs?

Simple Squamos Epithelium
The skeletal system is still growing as long as there is cartilage left in the

Epiphyseal plate

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Anatomy Midterm Review (5)

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Midterm Review

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2012-12-16T02:07:05Z

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