Intro Test

Question 1

Anatomy

Answer 1

The study of the structure and shape of the body and body parts in relation to one another

Question 2

Physiology

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The study of how the body and its parts works or function

Question 3

Superior

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Towards the head

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Inferior

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Away from the head

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Anterior

Answer 5

Towards the FRONT of the body

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Posterior

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Toward the backside

Question 7

Medial

Answer 7

Towards the midline

Question 8

Lateral

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Away from the midline

Question 9

Intermediate

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Between a medial and lateral structure

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Proximal

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Closer to the origin of the body or limb attachment point

Question 11

Distal

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Father from the origin of the body or limb attachment part

Question 12

Superficial

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Towards the body surface

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Deep

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Away from the body surface

Question 14

Sagittal

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Split into left and right sides

Question 15

Frontal

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Sliced like a bun

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Transverse

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Horizontally cut at the waist

Question 17

Dorsal body cavities

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Cranial and spinal cavity

Question 18

Ventral body cavities

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Thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic

Question 19

What splits the thoracic and abdominal cavity?

Answer 19

The diaphram

Question 20

Homeostatsis

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The body’s ability to maintain relatively stable internal conditions even though the outside world is constantly changing

Question 21

Negative feedback

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the net effect of the response to the stimulus is to shut off the original stimulus or reduce its integrity

Question 22

Positive feedback

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increases the original disturbance and pushes the variable farther from its original value

Question 23

Nervous system

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Allows the body to respond to stimuli coming from both outside and inside the body

Question 24

Endocrine system

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controls long term signaling through the use of hormones

Question 25

Cardiovascular system

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carries oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and other substances to and from tissue cells where exchanges are made

Question 26

Respiratory system

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keeps the body constantly supplied with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide

Question 27

Digestive system

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breaks down food and delivers the products to the blood for dispersal to the body cells

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Excretory system

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removes nitrogen-containing wastes from the body

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Reproductive system

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primary role is to produce offspring

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Integumentary

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the skin waterproofs the body, regulates temp, protects, excretes salts and urea

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Lymphatic

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involved in immunity returns leaked fluid from the blood to the blood vessels

Question 32

What is the importance of maintaining boundaries?

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The inside has to be separated from the outside.

Question 33

Metabolism

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the sum of total chemical reactions that occur in the body

Question 34

Anabolism

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the energy-requiring building phase of metabolism in which simple substances are combined to form complex substances

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Catabolism

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the process that breaks things down into simpler substances

Question 36

Adrenal gland

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controls the rate of metabolism

Question 37

Adrenaline

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the chief hormone of the adrenal medulla fight or flight

Question 38

Thryoid

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main hormone produced by the thyroid gland increases metabolism

Question 39

BMR

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basal metabolic rate estimates how many calories you would burn per day if you did nothing

Question 40

Graves disease

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An immune disorder that occurs in the thyroid thyroid overproduces hormones anxiety, goiter, enlarged thyroid, weight loss

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Exopthalmus

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bulging of the eyes

Question 42

Goiter

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a benign enlargement of the thyroid gland

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Cretinism

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a severe thyroid deficiency in youth that leads to stunted physical and mental growth

Question 44

Responsiveness

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the ability to sense changes in the environment and then react to them

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Absorption

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essential part of digestion that allows food to truly enter the body

Question 46

Sign

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the appearance of a symptom can be measured ex: vomitting

Question 47

Symptom

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perceived by the patient ex: nausea