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Hollingsworth_Hannah Test: Body Organization, Systems and Homeostasis Flashcards

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5 The frontal plane…

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Segments the body into front and back portions of the body

NB #14 Anatomical Planes and Sections

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3 The transverse plane…

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Separates the top from the bottom

NB #14 Anatomical Planes and Sections

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6 The frontal plane is represented by…

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The body split into front and back

NB #14 Anatomical Planes and Sections

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7 What is a transverse plane?

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Splitting the body into top and bottom

NB #14 Anatomical Planes and Sections

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8 What is the sagittal plane?

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Splitting the body into left and right sides

NB #14 Anatomical Planes and Sections

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12 The human body’s systems are interrelated. In other words…

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They depend on each other

Dictionary. I didn’t know what interrelated meant.

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13 messages are carried back and forth between the brain and other parts of the body by…

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The nervous system

NB #11. WKST Body Organization and Homeostasis

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14 The brain, spinal cord and nerves are made up what type of tissue?

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Nervous

NB #11. WKST Body Organization and Homeostasis

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15 What is the main function of the excretory system?

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To collect and remove wastes from the body

NB #11. WKST Body Organization and Homeostasis

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16 What might happen if your respiratory center malfunctioned?

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The oxygen level in your blood might go out of balance

NB #11. WKST Body Organization and Homeostasis

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17 What might happen if your endocrine system weren’t functioning properly?

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Your body might not grow or mature properly

NB #15 Body Systems

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19 Proximal…

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Closer to the trunk

NB #5 Hand Data

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20 Distal…

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Further from the trunk

NB #5 Hand Data

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21 Muscle fiber is what type of tissue?

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Nervous

NB #12 CLF Hierarchy of the Body

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28 Heart and blood vessels are organs of what system?

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Circulatory

NB #15 Body Systems (cardiovascular)
NB #11 WKST Body Organization and Homeostasis (circulatory)

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32 Which bodily system is the easiest to see without an X-ray or body scanner?

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Integumentary system

NB #15 Body Systems

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34 What segments the body into a distinct right or left side

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Sagittal plane

NB #14 Anatomical Planes And Sections

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40 When do you use your excretory organs?

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When you use the bathroom

NB #11. WKST Body Organization and Homeostasis

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41 What is an example of negative feedback?

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A dog panting in the hot sun

NB #17 Notes - Homeostasis Think Bank

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42 What is the major difference between positive and negative feedback?

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Positive feedback causes bodily processes to continue; negative feedback causes bodily processes to start or stop

NB #17 Homeostasis Think Bank

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43 What might happen of you didn’t run a fever when you got sick?

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Your body wouldn’t fight off the infection as efficiently as it could

NB #17 Homeostasis Think Bank

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45 Normal air contains approximately 20% O2 and 0.5% CO2. When a human inhales, we absorb and use some of the oxygen we breathe in. Our metabolism converts that oxygen to carbon dioxide, which we exhale, or outgas. Without properly functions lungs, what would occur?

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Homeostasis would not be maintained

NB #17. Notes - Homeostasis Think Bank

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47 Your normal body temperature is controlled by…

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Negative feedback

NB #17. Notes - Homeostasis Think Bank

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48 Most feedback in your body is…

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Negative

NB #17. Notes - Homeostasis Think Bank

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56 The hormone that signals the kidneys to regulate the amount of water in the body is…

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Antidieuritc

NB #17. Notes - Homeostasis Think Bank

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57 What might happen if you didn’t run a fever when you got sick?

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You wouldn’t fight off the infection efficiently as it could

NB #17. Notes - Homeostasis Think Bank

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59 What usually results when an organism fails to maintain homeostasis?

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The organism becomes ill or may die

NB #17. Notes - Homeostasis Think Bank

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60 What happens if the core body temperature is too high?

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Blood vessels supplying the capillaries dilate

NB #17. Notes - Homeostasis Think Bank

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61 What would NOT happen if the core body temperature was too low?

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Sweat would cool the body as it evaporated

NB #17. Notes - Homeostasis Think Bank

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62 Positive feedback control mechanisms are…

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More rare than negative feedback mechanisms and tend to increase the original stimulus

NB #17. Notes - Homeostasis Think Bank

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66 Give an example of a response.

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Leaves turn to the sun

NB #18 Brianpop Notes - homeostasis

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