Chapter 1 Flashcards
Define anatomy
The structure of the body parts (their forms and how they are organized)
Define physiology
Functions of the body parts (what they do and how they do it)
List the characteristics of life
- Movement
- Responsiveness
- Growth
- Reproduction
- Respiration
- Digestion
- Absorption
- Circulation
- Assimilation
- Excretion
List the requirements of organisms
- Pressure
- Foods
- Water
- Heat
- Oxygen
Define homeostasis
The maintenance of a stable internal enviornment
Define viscera
Internal organs
What is you axial portion
Head, neck, and trunk
What is your homeostatic set point
Levels that operation returns to.
What is normal range?
The variance in individuals such as body temp (98.6) and blood pressure (120/80)
What is internal enviornment
Conditions within the fluids surrounding the body cells
What is your diaphragm?
A broad thin muscle that separates the two cavities in the ventral cavity
Where is the diaphragm located?
The ventral cavity
What is inferior to the diaphragm
The abdominopelvic cavity which include both abdominal and pelvic cavities
What is superior to the diaphragm
The thoracic cavity
What defines the pelvic cavity
It is enclosed by hip bones
Where are you left and right lungs located?
Thoracic cavity
Where are the heart, esophagus, trachea, and thymus glands located?
Mediastinum
Where are the stomach, liver, spleen, gallbladder, kidneys, and most of small & large intestines located?
Abdominal cavity
Where are the terminal portion of the large intestine, the urinary bladder, and reproductive organs located?
Pelvic cavity
What is serous fluid
Thin film of water fluid that acts as a lubricant
Where is the dorsal cavity located?
In the back
What is located in the cranial cavity?
The brain and the vertebral cord
What is located in the veryebral cord?
The spinal cord within sections of the back bone
What is the appendicular portion?
The upper and lower limbs
