Chapter 1

Question 1

Study of body structure and its parts

Answer 1

Anatomy

Question 2

Study of how the body functions

Answer 2

Physiology

Question 3

Anything that upsets the normal structure or working of the body

Answer 3

Disease

Question 4

Study of disease

Answer 4

Pathology

Question 5

Superior

Answer 5

Above

Question 6

Inferior

Answer 6

Below

Question 7

Towards the front of the body

Answer 7

Anterior

Question 8

Anterior surface of a structure

Answer 8

Ventral

Question 9

Towards the back of the body

Answer 9

Posterior

Question 10

Posterior surface of a structure

Answer 10

Dorsal

Question 11

Close to the midline of the body

Answer 11

Midline

Question 12

Away from the midline of the body

Answer 12

Lateral

Question 13

Closer to the point of origin of a structure

Answer 13

Proximal

Question 14

Away from the point of origin

Answer 14

Distal

Question 15

Closer to the skull

Answer 15

Cranial

Question 16

Closer to the bottom of the body

Answer 16

Caudal

Question 17

Divides the body left and right

Answer 17

Sagittal Plans

Question 18

Divides body into anterior and posterior

Answer 18

Frontal or coronal

Question 19

Divides the body into superior and inferior

Answer 19

Transverse or horizontal plane

Question 20

Cranial and spinal cavity

Answer 20

Dorsal cavity

Question 21

2 main subdivisions separated by the diaphragm
Thoracic and abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 21

Ventral cavity

Question 22

Skin and associated body structure
Includes hair, nails, sweat and oil glands

Answer 22

Integumentary system

Question 23

206 bones and the joints between them
Body’s framework

Answer 23

Skeletal system

Question 24

Includes 3 muscle groups
Cardiac muscle-walls of the heart
Smooth muscle- walls of the blood vessels and hollow oragns
Skeletal muscle- give body structure, protect organs

Answer 24

Muscular system

Question 25

Directs the body’w response to external and internal stimuli Includes senses

Answer 25

Nervous system

Question 26

Produce hormones which regulate body activities such as growth

Answer 26

Endocrine system

Question 27

Heart and blood vessels Pumps blood to all body tissues

Answer 27

Cardiovascular system

Question 28

Plays important role in immunity Contains lymph fluid

Answer 28

Lymphatic system

Question 29

Includes lungs and the passages leading to and from the lungs

Answer 29

Respiratory system

Question 30

Include mouth, esophagus,stomach, intestines,liver and pancread

Answer 30

Digestive system

Question 31

To rid the body waste products and excess water

Answer 31

Urinary system

Question 32

Includes the external sex organs

Answer 32

Reproductive system

Question 33

A state of internal balance within the body

Answer 33

Homeostasis

Question 34

All the life sustaining reactions that occur withjn the body

Answer 34

Merabolism

Question 35

Reactions that break substances and down Used to form ATP

Answer 35

Catabolism

Question 36

Reactions that build substances up Often required ATP

Answer 36

Anabolism

Question 37

A molecule that carries energy

Answer 37

Adenosine Triphosphate