Ch 1: cavities, and levels of organization

Question 1

what are the 2 main body cavities?

Answer 1

dorsal and ventral

Question 2

what is a dorsal cavity?

Answer 2

consists of 2 cavities that contain the CNS

Question 3

what cavities make up the dorsal cavity?

Answer 3

cranial and spinal

Question 4

what is the ventral cavity?

Answer 4

much larger than dorsal, divided by diaphragm into smaller cavities

Question 5

what cavities make up the ventral cavity?

Answer 5

thoracic (heart and lungs), and abdonimopelvic

Question 6

label the abdominopelvic cavity regions on a sheet of paper, and the quadrants of the abdomen on another.

Answer 6

RUQ, LUQ, RLQ, LLQ. Epigastric, Hypochondriac, Umbilical, Lumbar, Hypogastric, Iliac

Question 7

what is a navel?

Answer 7

bellybutton

Question 8

what are the levels of organization?

Answer 8

cellular, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

Question 9

what are the 4 categories of tissue?

Answer 9

connective, epithelial, muscle, nervous

Question 10

what is connective tissue?

Answer 10

supports body parts and binds them (bone and blood)

Question 11

what is epithelial tissue?

Answer 11

lines and covers organs, carries out absorption and secretion (outer skin layer)

Question 12

what is muscle tissue?

Answer 12

allows movement in body (walls of hollow organs)

Question 13

what is nervous tissue?

Answer 13

transmits impulses and forms nerves (brain)