Introduction to the Human Body Flashcards

1
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What is the study of structure?

A

Anatomy

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What are the levels of STRUCTURAL organization?

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  1. Chemical level
  2. Cellular level
  3. Tissue level
  4. Organ level
  5. System level
  6. Organism level
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3
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What is a condition of equilibrium, or balance, in the body’s internal environment?

A

Homeostasis

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4
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What fluid is our body cells dependent on for survival?

A

Extracellular fluid

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5
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What is the standardized method of observing or imaging the body?

A

Anatomical position

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6
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What is the standardized method of observing or imaging the body?
How should the person look?

A

Anatomical position
Person stands up straight, upper extremities are places at the sides, palms are turned forward, feet flat on floor

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7
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What is imaginary flat surfaces that are used to divide the body?

A

Planes and section

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8
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What are spaces within the body that help protect, separate and support internal organs?

A

Body cavities

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9
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What are thin, doubled layered membranes that cover the viscera within the thoracic and abdominal cavities and also line the walls of the thorax and abdomen?
Also reduces friction

A

Serous Membranes

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10
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What are thin, doubled layered membranes that cover the viscera within the thoracic and abdominal cavities and also line the walls of the thorax and abdomen?
Also reduces friction

A

Serous Membranes
- Visceral layer
- Parietal layer

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11
Q

What covers the heart and lungs, respectively?

A

Pericardium

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12
Q

What is in the cranial cavity?

A

Cranial bones and brain

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13
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What is vertebral canal formed by?

A

Contains spinal cord and beginnings of spinal nerves

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14
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What is in the thoracic cavity?

A

Chest cavity : contains pleural and percardial cavities and mediastinum

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15
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What cavity is a potential space between the layers of the pleura that surrounds a lung?

A

Pleural cavity

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16
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What cavity is a potential space between the layers of the pericardium that surrounds the heart?

A

Percardial cavity

17
Q

What is the central portion of thoracic cavity between the lungs? extends from sternum to vertebral column and from first rib to diaphragm. Contains heart, thymus, esophagus, trachea and several large blood vessels

A

What cavity is subdivided into abdominal and pelvic cavities

18
Q

What cavity contains stomach, spleen, liver, gallbladder, small intestine and most of large intestine; the serous membrane of the abdominal cavity is the peritoneum?

A

Abdominal cavity