Introduction to the Human Body Flashcards
What is the study of the functions of body structures?
Physiology - is the function
JUST FYI - anatomy is the structure
This is the condition of equilibrium in the body’s internal environment?
Homeostasis
What are the two organ systems that regulate and maintain homeostasis?
Nervous and endocrine system
What condition would NOT be regulated by a negative feedback loop?
Childbirth
Describe differences between positive and negative feedback systems
Positive feedback system = strengthen or reinforce a change in one of the body’s controlled conditions
Negative feedback system = will reverse a change in a controlled condition
Objective changes in a pts normal body function that can be directly observed or measured by a clinical are referred to as?
Signs
Describe the anatomical position…
Subject stands erect facing the observer with the head level and eyes facing forward. Feet flat on floor and directed forward - arms at the sides with pains turned toward
Where is the brain located?
Cranial cavity
Where is the stomach located?
Abdominal cavity
A transverse plane will cut a body or organ into?
Superior and inferior portions
What plane divides the body into anterior and posterior portions?
Frontal
What directional term means farther from the midline
Lateral
What does ipsilateral mean?
On the same side of the body
What does contralateral mean?
On the opposite side of the body
What plane divides the body into equal right and left halves?
Midsagittal
