Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Organ systems: Integumentary

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Forms the external body covering

Protects deeper tissue from injury

Helps regulate body temperature

Location of cutaneous nerve receptors

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Organ Systems: Skeletal

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Protects and supports body organs

Provides muscle attachment for movement

Site of blood cell formation Stores minerals

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Organ Systems: Muscular

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Produces movement

Maintains posture

Produces heat

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Organ Systems: Nervous

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Fast-acting control system

Responds to internal and external change

Activates muscles and glands

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Organ Systems: Endocrine

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Secretes regulatory hormones for Growth, Reproduction, Metabolism

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Organ Systems: Cardiovascular

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Transports materials in body via blood which is pumped by heart. Oxygen Carbon dioxide Nutrients Wastes

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Organ Systems: Lymphatic

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Returns fluids to blood vessels Cleanses the blood Involved in immunity

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Organ Systems: Respiratory

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Keeps blood supplied with oxygen Removes carbon dioxide

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Organ Systems: Digestive

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Breaks down food Allows for nutrient absorption into blood Eliminates indigestible material as feces

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Organ Systems: Urinary

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Eliminates nitrogenous wastes Maintains acid-base balance Regulates water and electrolytes

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Organ Systems: Reproductive

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Produces offspring Testes produce sperm and male hormone Ovaries produce eggs and female hormones

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Maintaining Homeostasis: Receptor

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Responds to changes in the environment (stimuli) Sends information to control center

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Maintaining Homeostasis: Control center

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Determines set point Analyzes information Determines appropriate response

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Maintaining Homeostasis: Effector

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Provides a means for response to the stimulus

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Maintaining Homeostasis: Negative feedback

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Includes most homeostatic control mechanisms Shuts off the original stimulus, or reduces its intensity Works like a household thermostat

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Maintaining Homeostasis: Positive feedback

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Increases the original stimulus to push the variable farther In the body this only occurs in blood clotting and during the birth of a baby

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Superior (cranial or cephalad):

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toward the head end or upper part of a structure or the body; above

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Inferior (caudal):

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away from the head end or toward the lower part of a structure or the body; below

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Ventral (anterior):

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toward or at the front of the body; in front of

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Dorsal (posterior):

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toward or at the backside of the body; behind

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sagittal plane

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divides body into right and left parts

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frontal or coronal

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divides the body (or organ) into anterior and posterior parts.

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transverse or cross section

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divides the body (or organ) into superior and inferior parts.

24
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what does the dorsal cavity protect?

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the nervous system

25
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what are the two subdivisions of cavities within the dorsal cavity?

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cranial cavity (encases brain) vertebral cavity (encases spinal cord)

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What does the ventral cavity house?

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the internal organs (visera)

27
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what are the 2 subdivisions of the ventral cavity?

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thoracic cavity abdominopelvic cavity

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Thoracic cavity subdivisions:

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Two pleural cavities Each houses a lung Mediastinum Contains pericardial cavity Surrounds thoracic organs Pericardial cavity Encloses heart

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Abdominopelvic cavity subdivisions: Abdominal cavity Contains stomach, intestines, spleen, and liver Pelvic cavity Contains urinary bladder, reproductive organs, and rectum

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Abdominal cavity Contains stomach, intestines, spleen, and liver Pelvic cavity Contains urinary bladder, reproductive organs, and rectum

30
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Name the 9 quadrants on the left figure

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31
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What organs are in the R hypochondric area?

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liver and gallbladder

32
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What organ is in the epigastric region?

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Stomach

33
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What organ is in the right limbar region?

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ascending colon

34
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What organ is in the Umbilical region?

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small intestines

35
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What organ is in the left limbar region?

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descending colon

36
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What organ is in the right iliac region?

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Cecum

37
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What organs (4) are in the pubic region?

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urinary bladder

uterus

uterine tubes

ovaries

38
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What organs are in the left iliac region?

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sigmoid colon

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