Intro to Human Body

Question 1

6 Levels of organization

Answer 1

Chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, system, organismal

Question 2

Anabolism

Answer 2

building up of complex chemical sub- stances

Question 3

Catabolism

Answer 3

breakdown of complex chemical substances

Question 4

6 Basic life processes

Answer 4

metabolism, responsiveness, movement, growth, differentiation, reproduction

Question 5

3 Components of a feedback system

Answer 5

receptor (monitors changes), control (set the range, generates output), and effector (receives out put, produces response); efferent path=toward effector

Question 6

Name the 9 body cavities

Answer 6

cranial, vertebral, thoracic, plural, pericardial, mediastinum, abdominopelvic, abdominal, pelivic

Question 7

What organs does the abdominal cavity contain?

Answer 7

stomach, spleen, liver, gallbladder, small
intestine, and most of the large intestine

Question 8

What body parts are retoperitoneal?

Answer 8

kidneys, adrenal glands, pancreas, duodenum, ascending and descending colons, and portions of the abdominal aorta and inferior vena cava

Question 9

Retroperitoneal

Answer 9

organs in the abdominopelvic cavity posterior to the peritoneum