Chapter 1 Flashcards
True or false
A midsagittal plane vertically divides the body through the midline into two equal left and right portions or Halves
True
True or false
A horizontal or transverse plane is any plane dividing the body into left and right portions
False
True or false
A sagittal plane is any plane parallel to the midsagittal or median plane, vertically dividing the body into unequal right and left portions
True
The organs of any cavity are referred to as the Viscera
True
The term parietal refers to the walls of a cavity
True
The ventral cavity contains organs of the nervous system
False
It is useful to describe the body is having imaginary curve geometric surfaces passing through it called planes
False
Organs are organized into tissues
False
A cell performs all the activities necessary to maintain life except for Excretion
False
The cells in muscle tissue are so long that they are often referred to as muscle fibers
True
Cardiac muscle is found only in the heart
True
Pleural Is the term that refers to the covering of the lungs
True
Who was the first individual to correctly illustrate the human skeleton with all of it’s bones
Leonardo da Vinci
The English anatomists who discovered how blood circulates through the body was
William Harvey
The study of the human body structures is known as
Anatomy
The term that means belly side is
Ventral
Dividing the body into two equal left and right portions or halves by drawing an imaginary line vertically through the body from top to bottom creates which the following planes
Midsagittal
The name of the space found between the two Pleural cavities that contains the heart, thymus gland, lymph and blood vessels, trachea, esophagus, and nerves is the
Mediastinum
The term that refers to the covering on an organ is
Visceral
The basic unit of biological Organization is the
Cell
The tissue that covers surfaces, protects, forms glands, and lines cavities of the body is
Epithelial tissue
Tissue characterized by elongated cells that generate movement by shortening or contracting in a forcible manner is known as
Muscle tissue
The system composed of skin, hair, nails, sebaceous glands, and sweat glands is known as the
Integumentary system
The lymphatic system is also known as the
Immune system
The body system responsible for maintaining sexual characteristics and the perpetuation of our species is the
Reproductive system
What term refers to the walls of a cavity
Parietal
Cephalad Means toward the head; it is synonymous with what term
Superior
The study of the functions of body parts, what they do, and how they do it, is known as what
Physiology
The study of the diseases of the body is known as what
Pathology
There are how many basic reference systems of bodily organization
Four
The pancreas secretes what, which breaks down the glycogen into glucose and returns it to the blood circulatory system
Glucagon
Feedback responses that revise the services to our bodies condition are examples of what feedback
Negative
The term that means uppermost or above is
Superior
The term that means lower most or below is
Inferior
Another term for Vental which means towards the front is
Anterior
Another term for posterior which means towards the back is
Dorsal
The term that means nearest the midline of the body is
Medial
The term that means towards the side or away from the midline is
Lateral
The term that means nearest the point of attachment of origin is
Proximal
The term that means away from the point of attachment or origin is
Distal
What is a space between the two pleural cavities and contains the heart, thymus gland, trachea, and esophagus
Mediastinum
What is the term that means the maintenance of the internal environment of the body within narrow limits
Homeostasis
What muscle is involuntary and causes contractions of the heart
Cardiac
What is the name of a group of organs
System
What system includes the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, rectum, and anus
Digestive
