lindsey_ridge test: body organization Flashcards
- The brain spinal cord and nerves are made up what type of tissue
Muscle
- Proximal
Closer to the trunk
- Which of the following is a transverse plane
The one that divides top from bottom
- The Saggital plane is represented by
Dividing side from side
- Which plane divides top from bottom
Transverse plane
- What is the major difference between positive and negative feedback
Positive feedback causes processes to continue : negative feedback causes the processes to start or stop
- What organ system supports the body, protects the vital organs and makes blood cells
Skeletal
- The frontal plane
Segments in the body into front and back portions in the body.
- What might happen if your kidney malfunctioned
The water level in your body in your blood might go out of balance.
- What is the main function of the excretory system
To collect and remove wastes in the body
- Which system delivers oxygen and nutrients to the body parts that need them
Circulatory system
- The Saggital plane
Segments the body into a distinct right and left.
- What level of organization does the picture above represent
Organ
- The brain is to the nervous as ________ is to the respiratory system
Lung
- Which of the following is nota chemical found in a cell
Protein, lipid, carbohydrates, water, nucleic acids
- What type of tissue makes parts of the body move by contracting or shortening
Muscle
- Massages are carried back and forth between the brain and other parts of the body by
The nervous system
- What type of tissue does muscle fiber represent
Muscle
- Heart and blood vessels are organs of what organs
Circulatory
- What would not happen if the core body temperature was too low
Sweat would cool the body as it evaporated
- Place the following in sequence (A. Nerves and hormones communicate with hypothalamus (B. You begin sweating. (C. Your body begins overheating.
C, A, B
- Shivering and sweating are two responses in which feedback
Negative
- Distal
Farther away from the trunk
- which is a group of nerve cells that perform a specific function, what is the unit of organization
Tissue
- How does the urinary system get rid of chemical waste
By flushing them out of the body
- The transverse plane
Separates top from bottom
- What does your circularly system have in common with your nervous system
Both networks that stretch out through the body
- Your normal body temperature is controlled by which of the following?
Negative feedback
- Which is an example of a response
Leaves turn to the sun
- The organs of the endocrine system produce chemical messages called what
Hormones
- Define cell
basic structural and functional unit of life
- Define organ
A group of different tissues working together to achieve a common goal
- Define organ system
A group of organs working together to achieve a common goal
- Define tissue
A group of similar cells working together for a common function.
