The Body's Organization

Question 0

What elements do all cells have in common?

Answer 0

1) a cell membrane that allows certain substances in and out
2) a nucleus that directs activities within the cell
3) cytoplasm (watery fluid that fills spaces outside the nucleus)

Question 1

What are the four levels of organization in the body?

Answer 1

Cells, tissue, organs, and systems

Question 2

What are the four body planes?

Answer 2

Frontal, Sagittal, Midsaggittal, and Transverse/Horizontal

Question 3

If a person is laying face down that are in what position?

Answer 3

Prone

Question 4

If a person is laying face up, they are in what position?

Answer 4

Supine

Question 5

What is the Frontal plane?

Answer 5

Separates the front of the body from the back

Question 6

What is the Sagittal plane?

Answer 6

Divides the body or organ into unequal left or right sides.

Question 7

What is the Midsaggittal plane?

Answer 7

Divides the body or organs into equal left or right sides.

Question 8

What is the Transverse plane?

Answer 8

Divides the body into upper and lower planes, cutting across the body

Question 9

What is Anterior/Ventral?

Answer 9

Towards the front: away from the back of the body

Question 10

What is Posterior/Dorsal?

Answer 10

Near the back; toward the back of the body

Question 11

What is Superior/Cephalad?

Answer 11

Above, toward the head

Question 12

What is Inferior/Caudal?

Answer 12

Below, toward the soles of the feet

Question 13

What is distal?

Answer 13

Farther from point of attachment to the trunk

Question 14

What is proximal?

Answer 14

Near the point of attachment to the trunk

Question 15

What is lateral?

Answer 15

Pertaining to the side, away from the middle

Question 16

What is medial?

Answer 16

Towards the middle of the body

Question 17

What are the two main cavities of the body?

Answer 17

Ventral and Dorsal

Question 18

What is the ventral cavity made up of?

Answer 18

Thoracic and Abdominopelvic

Question 19

What is the dorsal cavity made up of?

Answer 19

Cranial and Spinal

Question 20

What does the abdominopelvic cavity split into?

Answer 20

Abdominal and Pelvic

Question 21

What are the nine regions used to describe locations of underlying organs?

Answer 21

1 & 2) Hypochondriac (x2, left and right) - below cartilage of the ribs
3) Epigastic - just above the stomach
4 & 5) Lumbar (x2) - waist level, either side of the navel
6) Umbilical - middle, belly button
7) Hypogastric - middle, below belly button
8 & 9) Inguinal - groin, either side of Hypogastric

Question 22

What are the four quadrants?

Answer 22

1) LUQ
2) RUQ
3) LLQ
4) RLQ

Question 23

What are the 5 divisions of the back?

Answer 23

Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, Coccyx

Question 24

Cervical?

Answer 24

Neck

Question 25

Thoracic?

Answer 25

Chest

Question 26

Lumbar?

Answer 26

Lower back, below waist

Question 27

Sacral?

Answer 27

Lower back

Question 28

Coccyx?

Answer 28

Tailbone

Question 29

What is myalgia?

Answer 29

Muscle pain

Question 30

What is sacrum?

Answer 30

Five fused bones in the lower back

Question 31

What is another definition for hypochondriac?

Answer 31

Someone whose illnesses are imaginary

Question 32

Anter/o (root)?

Answer 32

Front, anterior

Question 33

Cerv/o (root)?

Answer 33

Neck

Question 34

Chondr/I (root)?

Answer 34

Cartilage

Question 35

Cyt/o (root, suffix)?

Answer 35

Cell

Question 36

Dors/o (root)?

Answer 36

Back

Question 37

Inguin/o (root)?

Answer 37

Groin

Question 38

My/o (root)?

Answer 38

Muscle

Question 39

Myel/o (root)?

Answer 39

Spinal Cord

Question 40

Neur/o (root)?

Answer 40

Neuron, nerve

Question 41

Poster/o (root)?

Answer 41

Posterior, back

Question 42

Proxim/o (root)?

Answer 42

Near

Question 43

Super/o (root)?

Answer 43

Superior

Question 44

Trans- (prefix)?

Answer 44

Across

Question 45

What is Cilia?

Answer 45

Hair like structures, brush out impurities from trying to go into the lungs.

Question 46

What is the flagellum?

Answer 46

The tail that helps sperm swim

Question 47

What is microvilli?

Answer 47

microscopic cellular membrane protrusions that increase the surface area of cells, and are involved in a wide variety of functions, including absorption, secretion, cellular adhesion, and mechanotransduction.

Question 48

What are the 7 kinds of connective tissue?

Answer 48

``` Fibrous Reticular Adipose (Fat) Cartilage (Elastic) Areolar Bone (Osseous) Blood ```

Question 49

2 nerve tissues?

Answer 49

Neuroglia and Neuron

Question 50

What is neuroglia?

Answer 50

Nerve glue

Question 51

What are the three types of muscle tissue?

Answer 51

Skeletal (striated) Visceral/Smooth (non striated) Cardiac (striated)

Question 52

What are the 11 systems of the body?

Answer 52

Integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive, and sight/hearing

Question 53

What is the integumentary system?

Answer 53

Covers the body, protects the body, temperature regulation, receives sensations

Question 54

What is the integumentary system made up of?

Answer 54

Skin, hair, nails, and glands

Question 55

What is the skeletal system?

Answer 55

Provide framework for the body, protects and supports

Question 56

What is the skeletal system made up of?

Answer 56

Bone, joints, cartilage, connective tissue

Question 57

What is the muscular system?

Answer 57

Movement and support

Question 58

What is the muscular system made out of?

Answer 58

3 types of muscle tissue

Question 59

What is the nervous system?

Answer 59

Coordinates the body's activities by receiving, interpreting, and conducting messages to other systems in the body

Question 60

What is the nervous system made up of?

Answer 60

Brain, spinal cord, all the nerves in the body

Question 61

What is the endocrine system?

Answer 61

Dumps hormones into the blood stream

Question 62

What is the endocrine system made of?

Answer 62

All ductless glands

Question 63

What is the cardiovascular system?

Answer 63

Transports oxygen and nutrients to cell of the body, and carries away waste products from the cells

Question 64

What is the cardiovascular system made up of?

Answer 64

Heart, blood, and blood vessels

Question 65

What is the lymphatic/immunity system?

Answer 65

Helps fight infection

Question 66

What is the lymphatic system made up of?

Answer 66

Lymph nodes, lymph vessels, some organs

Question 67

What is the respiratory system?

Answer 67

Takes in oxygen from the air, gives off carbon dioxide

Question 68

What is the respiratory system made of?

Answer 68

Nose, throat, and lung

Question 69

What is the digestive system?

Answer 69

Receives, digests, absorbs, and excretes waste products

Question 70

What is the digestive system made up of?

Answer 70

A food tube that starts at the mouth an ends at the anus

Question 71

What is the urinary system?

Answer 71

Removes waste from the blood and excretes them in the form of urine.

Question 72

What is the urinary system made of?

Answer 72

Kidneys, ureturs, bladder, urethra

Question 73

What is the reproductive system?

Answer 73

Reproduction and childbirth

Question 74

Wha is the reproductive system made up of?

Answer 74

Male and female sex organs

Question 75

What are the special sense of sight and hearing?

Answer 75

Deal with sight and hearing/equilibrium