Quest #1

Question 0

What does the axial portion of the body consist of?

Answer 0

Head, neck and trunk

Question 1

What is homeostasis?

Answer 1

The ability to maintain a stable internal environment

Ex.) body temperature

Question 2

What does the appendicular portion I the body consist of?

Answer 2

Arms and legs

Question 3

What does the dorsal cavity consist of?

Answer 3

The cranial and spinal cavity

Question 5

What is the cranial cavity?

Answer 5

The head/brain

Question 6

What does the ventral cavity consist of?

Answer 6

Thoracic cavity (3 sections) and the abdominopelvic cavity (2 sections)

Question 7

What is in the thoracic cavity?

Answer 7

Superior mediastinum, pleural cavity and pericardial cavity

Question 8

What is the vertebral cavity?

Answer 8

Spinal cord

Question 9

What is the superior mediastinum?

Answer 9

Above the heart

Question 10

What is the pleural cavity?

Answer 10

Where the lungs are found

Question 11

What is in the abdominopelvic cavity?

Answer 11

Abdominal cavity and the pelvic cavity

Question 12

What is the abdominal cavity?

Answer 12

Stomach, spleen, liver, gallbladder, small intestine

Question 13

What is the pelvic cavity?

Answer 13

Large intestine, bladder, reproductive organs

Question 14

Superior

Answer 14

Above

Question 15

Inferior

Answer 15

Below

Question 16

Anterior

Answer 16

Front

Question 17

Posterior

Answer 17

Back

Question 18

Medial

Answer 18

Midline

Question 19

Lateral

Answer 19

Side

Question 20

Proximal

Answer 20

Closest to trunk

Question 21

Distal

Answer 21

Farthest from trunk

Question 22

Superficial

Answer 22

Near surface

Question 23

Deep

Answer 23

Internal

Question 24

What are the 3 ways of cutting?

Answer 24

Cross section, oblique and longitudinal

Question 25

What is a cross section cut?

Answer 25

Cutting straight through (left to right) into 2 separate pieces

Question 26

What is an oblique cut?

Answer 26

Diagonally across the body

Question 27

What is a longitudinal cut?

Answer 27

From the head to the feet

Question 28

What are the 3 types of planes? (Slices)

Answer 28

Sagittal, transverse and frontal

Question 29

What is a sagittal plane?

Answer 29

Lengthwise

Question 30

What is a transverse plane?

Answer 30

Upper and lower half

Question 31

What is the nervous system?

Answer 31

Recognize and coordinate a response to change - brain, spinal cord, nerves

Question 32

What is he integumentary system?

Answer 32

Protection and barrier - skin, hair, nails, sweat/oil glands

Question 33

What is the excretory system?

Answer 33

Eliminates waste - skin, lungs, kidney, bladder

Question 34

What is the pericardial cavity?

Answer 34

Where the heart is found