Chapter 6 Flashcards
What is the cavity that contains the brain?
cranial cavity
What is the cavity that contains the spinal cord?
spinal cavity
What is the cavity that contains the heart, lungs, esophagus, windpipe, thymus, and aorta?
thoracic cavity
What is the cavity that contains the liver, stomach, spleen, kidneys, urinary bladder, small intestine, large intestine, and the reproductive organs?
abdominopelvic cavity
What is a group of structures that function together as a unit to perform a definite job for the body?
system
What is a system made of?
organs
What are organs made of?
tissues
What are tissues made of?
cells
What is the system that contains the heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries and function together to bring food, water, and oxygen to the cells and carry away waster products?
cardiovascular system
What carries blood away from the heart?
arteries
What returns blood to the heart?
veins
What is the system that is the body’s defense against foreign invaders?
immune system
What is the subsystem in the immune system that is a network of vessels that collect lymphatic fluid?
lymphatic system
What is the system that supplies body tissues with oxygen and to remove carbon dioxide?
respiratory system
What is the system that makes a path through the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities?
digestive system
What leads from the mouth to the anus in the digestive system?
alimentary canal
What is the opening through which wastes as expelled from the digestive system?
anus
What is the tube in the digestive system that trasports food from the mouth to the stomach?
esophagus
What is the organ in the digestive system whose principle job is to store food until the small intestine is ready to receive it?
stomach
What is the organ in the digestive system that absorbs nutrients into the bloodstream?
small intestine
What is the organ in the digestive system that absorbs water and undigested food before it is expelled from the body?
large intestine
What is the system that proves a number of openings through which a variety of waste materials are excreted from the body?
excretory system
What is the system that coordinates the activities of the body?
nervous system
What is the most important organ of the nervous system that is the master control unit of the body?
brain
What provides the nervous system with information about the environment?
sense organs
What is the system that produces hormones?
endocrine system
What are chemical messengers secreted by endocrine glands?
hormones
What is the system that protects the body from its surroundings?
integumentary system
What is the system that gives support and rigidity to the body while they protect vital organs and produce blood cells?
skeletal system
What is the system that provides movement for the body?
muscular system
What are muscles that are consciously controlled?
voluntary muscles
What are muscles that operate whether we think about them or not?
involuntary muscles
What is the system that is responsible for the continuation of the human race?
reporductive system
What is a stable internal environment in the body?
homeostasis
What helps maintain homeostasis by detecting changes in the body and directing the body to respond appropriately?
feedback mechanisms
What are the two types of feedback mechanisms?
positive and negative
Which type of feedback mechanism reverses the effect of a change?
negative
Which type of feedback mechanism maintains or intensifies the effect of a change?
positive
What is group of similar cells that work together to accomplish the task of an organ?
tissue
What type of tissue moves the body and its parts?
muscle tissue
What type of tissue controls organs and coordinates all of thier functions?
nerve tissue
What type of tissue lines all body parts, covers and protect every organ, regulates temperature, and regulates what enters and exists the organs?
epithelial tissue
What type of tissue connects the parts of the body?
connective tissue
What is the fluid that fills the area around and between tissue cells?
interstitial fluid
What is interstitial fluid that enters the lymphatic sytem?
lymph
What are thin, flexible sheets of tissue that cover or line a part of the body?
membranes
What is the type of membrane that consists mostly of epithelial tissues and line enclosed body cavities that do not open to the outside?
serous membrane
What is the type of membrane that is made of epithelial tissues and line openings to the outside?
mucous membranes
What is the type of membrane that is composed of several type fo tissue and is our skin?
cutaneous membrane
What is the type of membrane that is the living of the joint cavities and are composed of a type of connctive tissue?
synovial membrane
What is the material surrounding cells in a tissue?
matrix
What is the matrix of blood tissue that is a liquid?
plasma
What describes organs that allegedly serve no useful purpose today?
vestigial
What are the two types of body fluid in which much of the water of the body is found?
blood and cerebrospinal fluid
