Chaper 1

Question 1

What is physiology?

Answer 1

The function of the body’s structures.

Question 2

What is gross anatomy

Answer 2

The study of large body parts visible to the eye.

Ex. Heart, kidneys, and lungs.

Question 3

What is regional anatomy?

Answer 3

Studying all structures in a particular region

Question 4

What is systematic anatomy?

Answer 4

Studying structures in a particular system.

Question 5

What is surface anatomy?

Answer 5

Studying internal structures as they relate to the overlaying skin surface.

Question 6

What is cellular anatomy? (Cytology)

Answer 6

The study of anatomy at the cellular level.

Question 7

What is histology?

Answer 7

Study of the tissues.

Question 8

What is developmental anatomy?

Answer 8

Studies structural changes from conception to old age.

Question 9

What is embryology?

Answer 9

Studies development before birth.

Question 10

What is pathological anatomy

Answer 10

Studies structural changes caused by disease at the gross and microscopic levels.

Question 11

What is radiographic anatomy?

Answer 11

Studies internal structures as visualized X-ray images.

Question 12

What is molecular biology?

Answer 12

Studies the structure of biological molecules.

Question 13

What is renal physiology?

Answer 13

Studies urine production and kidney function.

Question 14

What is neurophysiology?

Answer 14

Studies the workings of the nervous system.

Question 15

What is cardiovascular physiology?

Answer 15

Studies the operation of the heart and blood vessels.

Question 16

List the levels of structural hierarchy in order.

Organism, tissue, cellular, chemical, atoms, organ system, organ, molecules

Answer 16

1) chemical level
2) cellular
3) tissue level
4) organ level
5) organ system level
6) organism level

Question 17

What does the integumentary system do?

Answer 17

Forms the external body covering. Skin.

Question 18

What does the skeletal system do?

Answer 18

Protects and supports body organs, provides framework.

Question 19

What does the muscular system do?

Answer 19

Allows motion, maintains posture, produces heat.

Question 20

What does the nervous system do?

Answer 20

Responds to internal and external changes.

Question 21

What does the endocrine system do?

Answer 21

Controls hormones.

Question 22

What does the cardiovascular system do?

Answer 22

Transports blood, pumps blood.

Question 23

What does the lymphatic/immune system do?

Answer 23

Picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it to the blood.

Question 24

What does the respiratory system do?

Answer 24

Keeps blood supplied with oxygen.

Question 25

What does the digestive system do?

Answer 25

Breaks down food into absorbable units.

Question 26

What does the urinary system do?

Answer 26

eliminates nitrogenous wastes.

Question 27

What does the reproductive system do?

Answer 27

Functions to produce offspring.

Question 28

What is responsiveness?

Answer 28

The ability to sense changes in the environment and then respond to them.

Question 29

What is metabolism?

Answer 29

Chemical reactions within the body's cells. "A state of change"

Question 30

What is excretion?

Answer 30

Removing waste from body using the digestive and urinary system.

Question 31

What does growth do for maintaining life?

Answer 31

Growth in cells, reproduces cells so the body can grow.

Question 32

What are the four survival needs to maintain life?

Answer 32

Nutrients (fats, selected proteins), oxygen, water, maintenance of body temperature.

Question 33

What is homeostasis?

Answer 33

"Steady state" maintained by the body.

Question 34

Describe Sagittarius, midsagittal, parasagital, frontal, transverse, and oblique planes.

Answer 34

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Question 35

What is the cranial cavity?

Answer 35

Contains brain encased by skull.

Question 36

What is the vertebral cavity?

Answer 36

Contains the spinal cord.

Question 37

What is the central body cavity?

Answer 37

More anterior and larger of the body cavities.

Question 38

What is the abdominopelvic cavity?

Answer 38

Abdominal cavity and pelvic cavity.

Question 39

What do parietal membranes do?

Answer 39

Outer portion, lines cavity walls.

Question 40

What do visceral membranes do?

Answer 40

Covers the organ.

Question 41

What do serious membranes do?

Answer 41

Acts as lubricating fluid, reducing friction as organs move.

Question 42

Where is the umbilical region?

Answer 42

Belly button.

Question 43

What is anatomy?

Answer 43

The study of structure or form of body parts.