The Human Organism

Question 1

human anatomy

Answer 1

study of the structure of the human body

Question 2

human physiology

Answer 2

study of the function of anatomical structures

Question 3

structural and functional organization

Answer 3

chemical, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

Question 4

chemical level

Answer 4

interaction of atoms

Question 5

cell level

Answer 5

structural and functional unit of living organisms

Question 6

tissue level

Answer 6

group of similar cells and the material surrounding them

Question 7

organ level

Answer 7

one or more tissue functioning together

Question 8

organ system

Answer 8

group of organs functioning together

Question 9

organism

Answer 9

any living thing

Question 10

integumentary system

Answer 10

external support, protection

Question 11

skeletal system

Answer 11

support and framework, production of blood cells

Question 12

muscular system

Answer 12

body movement, posture and support

Question 13

nervous system

Answer 13

regulation of all body activities

Question 14

endocrine system

Answer 14

secretes hormones

Question 15

circulatory system

Answer 15

transports blood, removes metabolic waste

Question 16

lymphatic system

Answer 16

body immunity, tissue drainage

Question 17

respiratory system

Answer 17

gas exchange

Question 18

digestive system

Answer 18

breakdown and absorption of food

Question 19

urinary system

Answer 19

filters blood, removes metabolic waste

Question 20

reproductive system

Answer 20

production of sex cells

Question 21

maintaining life

Answer 21

movement, responsiveness, digestion, metabolism, excretion, reproduction, growth

Question 22

anatomical position

Answer 22

arms are to the side
palms are forward
feet together

Question 23

medial

Answer 23

towards midline

Question 24

lateral

Answer 24

away from midlines

Question 25

superior

Answer 25

moves towards top of the head

Question 26

inferior

Answer 26

moves towards the feet

Question 27

distal

Answer 27

away from the point of the attachment

Question 28

proximal

Answer 28

closer to the point of attachment

Question 29

anterior or ventral

Answer 29

towards the front of the body

Question 30

posterior or dorsal

Answer 30

towards the back

Question 31

cephalic

Answer 31

towards the head or superior (specific to talking abou the head)

Question 32

caudal

Answer 32

down the coccyx (down the length of the spinal cord)

Question 33

rostral

Answer 33

towards the nose

Question 34

superficial

Answer 34

towards the outside

Question 35

deep

Answer 35

more away from the outside

Question 36

sagittal plane

Answer 36

divides the body into right and left halves

Question 37

midsagittal planes

Answer 37

sagittal plane that divides the body into 2 equal halves

Question 38

parasagittal

Answer 38

any sagittal cut that is not midsagittal

Question 39

frontal (or coronal)

Answer 39

plane divides the body into front and back sections

Question 40

transverse (or horizontal plane)

Answer 40

runs horizontally and divides the body into superior and inferior sections (aka cross section)

Question 41

oblique section

Answer 41

runs diagonally (there are no set parameters)

Question 42

body cavities

Answer 42

compartmentalized (closed within tissue to be protected) contains viscera - organs

Question 43

2 main types of body cavities

Answer 43

dorsal body cavity ventral body cavity

Question 44

dorsal body cavity

Answer 44

houses the central nervous system (cranial and spinal) cranial cavity houses the brain (brain) vertebral (spinal) cavity houses the spinal cord

Question 45

ventral body cavity

Answer 45

thoracic cavity (chest) abdominopelvic cavity (abdomen and pelvic) diaphragm

Question 46

diaphragm

Answer 46

divides body cavity into thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities

Question 47

thoracic cavity

Answer 47

chest cavity pleural cavity mediastinum separates the lungs ( contains all structures of the thoracic cavity except the lungs) pericardial cavity

Question 48

pleural cavity

Answer 48

houses the lungs

Question 49

pericardial cavity

Answer 49

houses the heart and is in the mediastinum

Question 50

abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 50

houses the organs of digestion and the reproductive organs (can be further divided into the abdominal and pelvic cavities)

Question 51

serous membranes

Answer 51

cover the organs of trunk cavities and line the cavity visceral serous membrane- inner wall parietal serous membrane- outer wall cavity between two membranes- lubricating serous fluid that is produced by the membranes

Question 52

pericardium

Answer 52

refers to the heart

Question 53

pleura

Answer 53

refers to lung and thoracic cavity

Question 54

peritoneum

Answer 54

refers to abdominopelvic cavity

Question 55

abdominopelvic quadrants

Answer 55

left and right based on own POV

Question 56

abdominopelvic regions - right hypochondriac region

Answer 56

1/9

Question 57

abdominopelvic regions - epigastric region

Answer 57

2/9

Question 58

abdominopelvic regions - left hypochondriac region

Answer 58

3/9

Question 59

abdominopelvic regions - right lumbar region

Answer 59

4/9

Question 60

abdominopelvic regions - umbilical region

Answer 60

5/9

Question 61

abdominopelvic regions - left lumbar region

Answer 61

6/9

Question 62

abdominopelvic regions - right iliac (inguinal) region

Answer 62

7/9

Question 63

abdominopelvic regions - hypogastric (pubic) region

Answer 63

8/9

Question 64

abdominopelvic regions - left iliac (inguinal) region

Answer 64

9/9

Question 65

axial region

Answer 65

head, cervical region (neck), and trunk

Question 66

trunk

Answer 66

divided into the thoracic region above the diaphragm and the abdominal region below it

Question 67

appendicular region

Answer 67

upper and lower limbs

Question 68

cephalic region

Answer 68

facial cranial orbital oral nasal mental

Question 69

thoracic region

Answer 69

pectoral sternal acromial axillary vertebral scapular

Question 70

abdominal region

Answer 70

umbilical lumbar

Question 71

pelvic region

Answer 71

pubic inguinal sacral gluteal perineal

Question 72

appendicular region (upper) consists of

Answer 72

brachium cubital antebrachium carpus manus (palmar surface and dorsum) digits

Question 73

appendicular region (lower) consists of

Answer 73

thigh (femoral) crus (crural) popliteal patellar tarsus pes (dorsum and plantar surface) digits