Chapter 1-orientation of body

Question 1

Anatomy

Answer 1

The study of the structure of the body

Question 2

Anterior

Answer 2

Towards the front of the body

Question 3

Distal

Answer 3

Furthest from the point of origin

Question 4

Dorsal cavity

Answer 4

Located at the back of the body; containing cranial and spinal cavity

Question 5

Frontal plane

Answer 5

Divides the body lengthwise into anterior and posterior portions

Question 6

Homeostasis

Answer 6

The state of dynamic equilibrium of the internal environment of the body

Question 7

Inferior

Answer 7

Beneath or lower

Question 8

Lateral

Answer 8

away from the body’s midline

Question 9

Medial

Answer 9

Towards the body’s midline

Question 10

Negative feedback

Answer 10

When the effector opposes the stimulus and reverses the direction of change

Question 11

Organ

Answer 11

Structures of two or more tissue types that work together to carry out a particular function

Question 12

Organelle

Answer 12

Metabolic units (or tiny organs) within a cell that preform a specific function necessary to the life of the cell

Question 13

Psychology

Answer 13

The study of how the body functions

Question 14

Positive feedback

Answer 14

When the effector reinforces the stimulus and amplifies the direction of change

Question 15

Posterior

Answer 15

Toward the back of the body

Question 16

Proximal

Answer 16

Closest to the point of origin

Question 17

Saggittal plane

Answer 17

Divides the body into right and left sides

Question 18

Superficial

Answer 18

At or near a body’s surface

Question 19

Superior

Answer 19

Situated above something else

Question 20

Tissue

Answer 20

Specialized group of cells with similar structure and function

Question 21

Transverse plane

Answer 21

Divides the body into upper and lower or superior and inferior portions

Question 22

Ventral cavity

Answer 22

Located at the front of the body

Question 23

The smallest living unit that makes up the body’s structure is

Answer 23

Cell

Question 24

How many organ systems make up the body systems

Answer 24

11

• digestive system
• integumentary system
• skeletal system
• respiratory system
• nervous system
• male/female reproductive system
• urinary system
• muscular system
• lymphatic system
• circulatory system
• endocrine system

Question 25

Receptor

Answer 25

Detects change

Question 26

Control center

Answer 26

An area of the body that receives and process information from the receptor

Question 27

Effector

Answer 27

Sends signals that either oppose or enhance the stimulus