Chapter 1: Organization of the human body

Question 0

Blood clotting is an example of what type of feedback

Answer 0

Positive

Question 1

Birth of a baby is an example of what type of feedback?

Answer 1

Positive

Question 2

Maintaining body temperature is an example of what type of feedback?

Answer 2

Negative

Question 3

The sum of all chemical processes that occur in the body?

Answer 3

Metabolism

Question 4

Name of condition in which the internal body remains stable within certain physiologic limits?

Answer 4

Homeostasis

Question 5

Science that deals with why, when and where diseases occur and how they are transmitted within a defined human population.

Answer 5

Epidemiology

Question 6

The change that a cell undergoes from an unspecialized one to a specialized one.

Answer 6

Differentiation

Question 7

Any time a region of the body is described, such as directions and planes, the assumption is made that the body is in what position?

Answer 7

Anatomical position

Question 8

Several organs that work together to preform a function?

Answer 8

System

Question 9

Subjective changes in a person not observable from the outside such as a headache or stomachache?

Answer 9

Symptoms

Question 10

Part of a feedback system responsible for receiving output from the control center and producing a response that changed the controlled condition

Answer 10

Effecter

Question 11

Group of tissues that function together in the performance of a vital activity

Answer 11

Organs

Question 12

The ability to detect and react to changes in the external and internal environment.

Answer 12

Responsiveness

Question 13

A plane that divides the body into right and left halves

Answer 13

Sagittal

Question 14

The study of structures of the body and relationships between them

Answer 14

Anatomy

Question 15

Describe the anatomical postion

Answer 15

• is standing
• facing observer
• feet flat
• arms at sides
• palms turned forward

Question 16

Anabolism

Answer 16

Energy-requiring chemical processes which build structural and functional components of the body

Question 17

Reproduction

Answer 17

Formation of new cells for growth, repair, replacement, or for production of a new individual

Question 18

Gallbladder is in what body cavity

Answer 18

Abdominal cavity

Question 19

The heart is in what body cavity

Answer 19

Pericardial

Question 20

The spinal cord is in what cavity?

Answer 20

Vertebral cavity

Question 21

Urinary bladder is in what body cavity

Answer 21

Pelvic cavity

Question 22

The lungs are in what body cavity

Answer 22

Pleural cavity

Question 23

The heart and portions of the esophagus and trachea are in what body cavity

Answer 23

Mediastinum

Question 24

The stomach is in what body cavity

Answer 24

Abdominal cavity

Question 25

The liver is in what body cavity

Answer 25

Abdominal cavity

Question 26

The ovaries are in what body cavity

Answer 26

Pelvic cavity

Question 27

Which major body system supports and protects the body, assists in body movements, and houses cells that give rise to red blood cells

Answer 27

Skeletal

Question 28

What major body system is responsible for the physical and chemical breakdown of food as well as absorption

Answer 28

Digestive system

Question 29

Which major body system returns tissue fluid to the blood and produces immunity structures and agents

Answer 29

Lymphatic

Question 30

Which major body system contains glands that produce hormones

Answer 30

Endocrine

Question 31

What major body system does the skin belong to

Answer 31

Integumentary

Question 32

A plane that divides the body into right and left halves

Answer 32

Midsagital

Question 33

Measurable observable changes like swelling or rash

Answer 33

Signs

Question 34

The study of structures of the body and relationships between them

Answer 34

Anatomy