Human Organisation and Homeostasis

Question 1

Abdominal Cavity

Answer 1

Ventral Cavity in the body containing digestive/Urinary organs

Question 2

Afferent Pathway

Answer 2

Pathway into the Control Centre

Question 3

Anatomical Position

Answer 3

Human Position when describing biologically

Question 4

Anatomy

Answer 4

Makeup of the Human Body

Question 5

Anterior

Answer 5

Front of body

Question 6

Control Centre

Answer 6

Part of feedback system that compares stimulus to regular level and sends out a response

Question 7

Cranial Cavity

Answer 7

Cavity in head the hold brain

Question 8

Deep

Answer 8

Closer to inside of body

Question 9

Distal

Answer 9

Further away from connection of limb to body

Question 10

Dorsal

Answer 10

Back half of body

Question 11

Effector

Answer 11

Organ that carries out a biological response in a feedback system

Question 12

Efferent pathway

Answer 12

Pathway out of the Control Centre

Question 13

Frontal/Coronal Plane

Answer 13

Plane that splits body into front and back sections

Question 14

Homeostasis

Answer 14

The process that maintains stability and structure of the functions in the body

Question 15

Inferior

Answer 15

Further down on the body/ towards feet

Question 16

Lateral

Answer 16

Further away from midline

Question 17

Medial

Answer 17

Closer to midline

Question 18

Median/Mid Saggital Plane

Answer 18

Plane that separates body into left and right sections

Question 19

Mediastinum

Answer 19

The cavity that holds heart

Question 20

Negative Feedback

Answer 20

A loop system that reduces a stimulus to maintain homeostasis

Question 21

Organ

Answer 21

Structure made of of two or more different types of tissue

Question 22

Organ systems

Answer 22

System made of of two or more different organs that has a crucial function within the body

Question 23

Pelvic Cavity

Answer 23

Cavity in pelvis that hold Urinary/Reproductive organs

Question 24

Pleural Cavities

Answer 24

Cavities in chest that hold the lungs

Question 25

Pericardial Cavity

Answer 25

Cavity containing the heart

Question 26

Physiology

Answer 26

Science of life/ how the body works

Question 27

Posterior

Answer 27

Back half of the body

Question 28

Positive Feedback

Answer 28

Feedback loop that enhances the stimulus until it is removed, eg. childbirth

Question 29

Proximal

Answer 29

Closer to connection of limb to body

Question 30

Receptor

Answer 30

Thing that senses a change in the regular homeostasis as a result of a stimulus

Question 31

Superficial

Answer 31

Nearer outside of body, eg skin

Question 32

Superior

Answer 32

Above/Closer to head

Question 33

Thoracic Cavity

Answer 33

Cavity in chest that hold the heart and lungs

Question 34

Tissue

Answer 34

Substance made up of cells in the body

Question 35

Transverse Plane

Answer 35

Plane that separates the body into superior and inferior sections

Question 36

Ventral

Answer 36

Front half of body

Question 37

Vertebral Canal

Answer 37

Dorsal Cavity holding the spinal Cord