Systems and Organisation

Question 1

Organ level

Answer 1

Organs are structures that are composed of two or more types of tissues

Question 2

Tissue level

Answer 2

Tissues are groups of cells
Types of tissue – epithelial, connective, muscular and nervous

Question 3

System level

Answer 3

A system consists of related organs with a similar function
Sometimes an organ is part of one or more system

Question 4

Metabolism

Answer 4

The sum of all the chemical processes that occur in the body

Question 5

Catabolism

Answer 5

The breakdown of complex chemical substances into simpler components

Question 6

Anabolism

Answer 6

Building up of complex chemical substances from smaller simpler components

Question 7

Growth

Answer 7

Growth is the increase in body size that results from an increase in the size of existing cells, an increase in the number of cells, or both

Question 8

Differentiation

Answer 8

The development of a cell from an unspecialised to specialised state

Question 9

Prone position

Answer 9

Body facing down

Question 10

Supine position

Answer 10

Body facing up

Question 11

Superior

Answer 11

Towards the head or upper

Question 12

Inferior

Answer 12

Away from the head or below/lower

Question 13

Anterior (ventral)

Answer 13

Nearer to or at the front of the body

Question 14

Posterior (dorsal)

Answer 14

Nearer to or at the back of the body

Question 15

Medial

Answer 15

Nearer to midline

Question 16

Lateral

Answer 16

Farther from midline

Question 17

Intermediate

Answer 17

Between 2 structures

Question 18

Proximal

Answer 18

Nearer to attachment of a limb to the trunk

Question 19

Distal

Answer 19

Father from attachment of a limb to the trunk

Question 20

Superficial (external)

Answer 20

Toward or on surface of body

Question 21

Deep (internal)

Answer 21

Away from surface of body

Question 22

Ipsilateral

Answer 22

On the same side of body as another structure

Question 23

Conterlateral

Answer 23

On opposite side of body from another structure

Question 24

Body cavities

Answer 24

Cranial- cranial, vertebral
Thoracic – pleural, pericardial, mediastinum
Abdominopelvic – abdominal, pelvic

Question 25

Sagittal plane

Answer 25

Divides into left and right

Question 26

Frontal plane

Answer 26

Divides into front and back

Question 27

Transverse plane

Answer 27

Divides into upper and lower

Question 28

Oblique plane

Answer 28

Passes through at an angle