Flash cards

The most complex units that make up the body?

Many similar cells that act together to perform a common function.

A group of several different kinds of tissues arranged to perform a special function.

Denotes a living thing.

The smallest "living units of structure and function in the body.

Explain Anatomical position:

Superior

Inferior

Transverse

Medial

Ventral

lateral

Distal

The stomach is _______to the diaphragm.

The nose is located on the_____ surface of the body

The lungs lie ______to the heart

The elbow lies _____ to the forearm.

The skin is ______ to the muscle below it.

A midsagittal plane divides the body into____ parts.

A transverse plane divides the body into _____ and ____ sections

A coronal plane may also be referred to as a _______plane.

The axial portion of the body contains;

The appendicular Portion of the body contains;

_____ depends on the body's ability to maintain or restore homeostasis

Homeostasis is the term used to describe the relative constancy of the body's ________ __________.

The basic type of homeostatic control system in the body is called a ______ ____.

Homeostatic control mechanisms are categorized as either ______ or ______ feedback loops.

Negative feedback loops tend to _______ conditions

Positive feedback control loops are ______.

changes and functions that occur during the early years are called_________ ________.

Changes and functions that occur after young adulthood are called_______.

The body's continous ability to respond to changes in the environment and maintain relative constancy in the internal environment is called______.

The regions frequently used by health professionals to locate pain of tumors divides the abdomen in to 4 basic areas called. ________

Which of the following organs or structures does not lie within the mediastinum?

A legthwise plane running from front to back that divides the body into right and left sides is called____.

A study of the functions of living organisms and their parts is called_____.

The thoracic portion of the ventral body cavity is seperated from the abdominopelvic prtion by a muscle called the_______.

An organization of varying numbers and kinds of organs arranged together to perform a complex function is called a ______.

The plane that divides superior from inferior is known as the ______plane.

Which of the following structures does not lie within the abdominal cavity.

Which of the following is an example of an upper abdominal region?

The dorsal body cavity contains components of the_____.

What organ is not found in the pelvic cavity?

Similar cells acting together to perform a common function exist at the ________level of organization.

which of the following planes would be considered coronal? A plane that divides the body into:

If your reference point is " nearest the trunk of the body" rather than "farthest from the trunk of the body", where does the elbow lie in relation to the wrist.

The buttocks are often used as intramuscular injection sites. This region can be called______.

In the human body, the chest region

Which of the following is not a component of the axial subdivision of the body?

A synonym for medial is

ventral

skin

transverse

anatomy

superficial

pleural

appendicular

posterior

midsagittal

system

sytematic approach to discovery is known as the ________ _________.

A tentative explanation in research is known as a ________.

the testing of a hypothesis is ________.

a group getting a drug is the _____ ______.

a group getting a substitute is the ______ ______.