Chapter 1 Test Flashcards
Blood clotting is an example if what type of feedback?
Positive feedback
Birth of a baby is an example of what type of feedback?
Positive Feedback
Maintaining body temperature is an example of what type of feedback?
Negative feedback
The sum of all chemical processes that occur in the body.
Metabolism
What body cavity is the gallbladder in?
Abdominal cavity
What body cavity is heart in?
Pericardial cavity
What body cavity is spinal cord in?
Vertebral cavity
What body cavity is the urinary bladder in?
Pelvic cavity
What body cavity is lung in?
Pleural cavities
What body cavity is heart and portions if the esophagus and trachea?
Mediastinum
What body cavity is stomach in?
Abdominal cavity
What body cavity is the liver in?
Abdominal cavity
What body cavity are the ovaries in?
Pelvic cavity
Which major body system supports and protects the body, and assists in the body movements, and house cells that give rise to blood cells?
Skeletal system
The name of the condition in which the internal body remains stable within certain physiologic limits?
Homeostasis
What major body system is responsible for the physical and chemical breakdown of food as well as absorption?
Digestive system
Name the science that deals with why, when are where diseases occur and how they are transmitted within a defined human population?
Epidemiology
The change that a cell undergoes one to a specialized one.
Differentiation
Which major body system regulates the volume and chemical composition of blood and eliminates waste?
Urinary system
Any time a region in the body is described, such as directions and planes, the assumption is made that the body is in what position?
Anatomical
Several organs that work together to perform a function.
System level
Which major body system returns tissue fluid to the blood and produces immunity structures and agents?
Lymphatic system
Which major body system contains glands that produce hormones?
Endocrine
Subjective changes in a person not observable from the outside such as a headache or stomachache.
Symptoms
Part of a feedback system responsible for receiving output from the control center and producing a response that changes the controlled condition.
Effector
What major body system does the skin belong to?
Integumentary system
A group of tissues that function together in the performance of a vital activity.
Organ level
The ability to detect and react to changes in the external or internal environment.
Responsiveness
A plan that divides the body into right and left halves
Midsaggetal
Measurable observable changes like swelling or a rash
Signs
The study of structures of the body and relationships between them
Anatomy
Describe the anatomical position.
Subject is erect facing observer, feet flat on floor arms at sides, palms foward
