Ch. 1 A&P

Question 1

Defintion of anatomy

Answer 1

Study of form

Ana: separate, apart from
tomy: to cut up, cut open

Question 2

Definition of phsiology

Answer 2

Study of function

physio: nature, origin
ology: study of

Question 3

Definition of pathophysiology

Answer 3

Patho- Relating to disease
Pathology- study of disease
Pathophysiology- function of disease

Question 4

What are the levels of organization of the body?

Answer 4

Chemical
Cellular
Tissue
Organ
Organ system
Organism

Question 5

What is the integumentary system and its job?

Answer 5

Hair, skin, nails, and sweat glands.

Protects us from the environment.

Question 6

what is the skeletal system and its job?

Answer 6

Bones, cartilage, and joints

Provides support.

Question 7

what is the muscular system and its job?

Answer 7

Skeletal muscles, tendons

Allows locomotion

Question 8

what is the nervous system and its job?

Answer 8

Central NS: Brain and spinal cord
Peripheral NS
Directs response to stimuli

Question 9

what is the endocrine system and its job?

Answer 9

Lots of glands, kidneys, pancreas, gonads

Directs long term changes

Question 10

what is the cardiovascular system and its job?

Answer 10

Heart, blood vessels,blood

Transports nutrients and waste

Question 11

what is the lymphatic system and its job?

Answer 11

Lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, spleen, thymus

Defends against infections

Question 12

what is the respiratory system and its job?

Answer 12

Nasal cavity, pharynx, trachea, lungs

Delivers air for gas exchange

Question 13

what is the digestive system and its job?

Answer 13

Salivary glands, esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, gall bladder, pancreas

Question 14

what is the urinary system and its job?

Answer 14

Kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra

Eliminates wastes

Question 15

what is the reproductive system and its job?

Answer 15

testes, ovaries, accessory organs, external genitalia

Produces sex cells

Question 16

Definition of homeostasis

Answer 16

homeo: same, like, resembling, unchanging
Stasis: to stand, posture

Stable internal environment

Negative feedback: a stimulus produces a response that opposes the original stimulus. Most common. Body temp. regulation

Positive FB: A stimulus produces a response that reinforces the original stimulus. Fight or flight.

Question 17

Anatomical position

Answer 17

Facing you
Hands at the side
Palms Forward
Feet together

Question 18

right upper quadrant

Answer 18

Liver
Colon
Pancreas
Gallbladder

Question 19

left upper quadrant

Answer 19

Liver
Spleen
Stomach
Colon
Pancreas

Question 20

left lower quadrant

Answer 20

Colon
small intestines
major artery and vein to left leg
ureter

Question 21

right lower quadrant

Answer 21

Colon
small intestines
major artery and vein to right leg
ureter
appendix

Question 22

what is supine position?

Answer 22

Lying horizontal on the back, face upward

Question 23

what is prone position?

Answer 23

Lying horizontal on the abdomen and chest, face downward

Question 24

what is axillary position?

Answer 24

In line with the armpit

Question 25

what is mid-clavicular position?

Answer 25

In the middle of the collar bone

Question 26

what is umbilicus position?

Answer 26

belly button,navel

Question 27

what is flexion vs. extension position?

Answer 27

Flexion is toward the body, extension is away

Question 28

what is abduction vs. adduction position?

Answer 28

Abduction- away from midline

Adduction- toward the midline

Question 29

What is the difference in the sagittal, coronal, and transverse planes?

Answer 29

Sagittal- cuts the body in half vertically
Coronal- cuts the body in half front and back
Transverse- cuts the body from top and bottom

Question 30

What is the trunk?

Answer 30

Torso is an anatomical term for the central part of the many animal bodies

Question 31

what is the flank?

Answer 31

A region of the posterior torso (lower back)