Intro to Anatomy and Physiology

Question 1

Define responsiveness

Answer 1

reaction to a change inside or outside the body

Question 2

List the six items necessary for the maintenance of life.

Answer 2

water, food, oxygen, heat, pressure, homeostasis

Question 3

What is negative feedback?

Answer 3

the effects of a reaction slow/stop the reaction–body temp is high so you sweat to lower the temp

Question 4

Define homeostasis.

Answer 4

maintenance of a stable internal environment

Question 5

Explain anatomical position of the human body.

Answer 5

standing straight with palms forward

Question 6

What is the homeostatic mechanism, and give an example.

Answer 6

regulates the body temp to 98.6

Question 7

What is a serous membrane?

Answer 7

2 layers of tissue, with a cavity between, lines compartments in ventral body cavity

Question 8

Know the difference between visceral and parietal in dealing with membranes within the body.

Answer 8

Parietal-outermost layer then cavity then visceral- layer covering the organ

Question 9

The terms used when dealing with the following organs: lungs and heart.

Answer 9

pleura- lungs
pericardium-heart

Question 10

Define anatomy, physiology.

Answer 10

anatomy-study of body structure physiology- study of function of body parts

Question 11

What is the difference between the axial and appendicular skeleton

Answer 11

axial- head, neck, trunk
appendicular- upper and lower limbs

Question 12

Thoracic body cavity

Answer 12

space above diaphragm

Question 13

Abdominal body cavity

Answer 13

stomach, liver, spleen, gallbladder, kidney, intestines

Question 14

pelvic body cavity

Answer 14

enclosed by coxal bones, urinary bladder, reproductive organs

Question 15

transverse plane

Answer 15

divides into superior and inferior

Question 16

sagittal plane

Answer 16

lengthwise cut divides body into left and right portions

Question 17

frontal and coronal plane

Answer 17

divides body into anterior and posterior portions

Question 18

anterior

Answer 18

front

Question 19

posterior

Answer 19

back

Question 20

superior

Answer 20

above

Question 21

inferior

Answer 21

below

Question 22

medial

Answer 22

towards midline

Question 23

lateral

Answer 23

farther from midline

Question 24

proximal

Answer 24

close to point of attachment (limbs)

Question 25

distal

Answer 25

away from point of attachment (limbs)

Question 26

superficial

Answer 26

near the surface

Question 27

What are the levels of organization within the human body (smallest to largest)? (9)

Answer 27

atom, molecule, macromolecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

Question 28

The changing of absorbed substances into forms that are chemically different from those that entered body fluids is known as?

Answer 28

assimilation