nursing science one

Question 1

What organ is in the cranial cavity

Answer 1

Brain

Question 2

What organ is in the vertebral cavity

Answer 2

Spinal cord

Question 3

What organs are in the thoracic cavity

Answer 3

heart and lungs

Question 4

what organs are in the abdominal cavity

Answer 4

digestive viscera

Question 5

What organs are in the pelvic cavity

Answer 5

bladder, reproductive organs and rectum

Question 6

Anterior

Answer 6

At the front of the body

Question 7

Posterior

Answer 7

At the rear of the body

Question 8

Superior

Answer 8

towards the head

Question 9

inferior

Answer 9

away from the head

Question 10

medial

Answer 10

nearer the midline of the body

Question 11

lateral

Answer 11

furthest from the midline

Question 12

proximal

Answer 12

nearer the attachment of the limb to the trunk

Question 13

distal

Answer 13

furthest from the attachment of the limb to the trunk

Question 14

superficial

Answer 14

located on or near the surface of the body or an organ

Question 15

deep

Answer 15

located further away from the surface of the body or an organ

Question 16

central

Answer 16

towards the bodys core

Question 17

peripheral

Answer 17

towards the body peripheries or extremities

Question 18

Definition of homeostasis

Answer 18

A condition of equilibrium in the bodys internal environment

Question 19

A cell membrane…

Answer 19

• covers the cell’s cytoplasm, controls what moves in and out of the cell, connects to other cells and allows body cells to ‘recongize’ each other

Question 20

explain passive transport

Answer 20

substances move across the cell membrane due to kinetic energy, no ATP is required, they down their concentration gradient via simple diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion and filtration.

Question 21

Explain active transport

Answer 21

substances move across the cell membrane using ATP, they move against their concentration gradient via active transport and transport in vesicles.

Question 23

What do Ion channels allow

Answer 23

allow ions to move into or out of the cell

Question 24

function of a carrier

Answer 24

selectively move substances through the membrane

Question 25

function of receptors

Answer 25

sites for hormones, neurotransmitters to bind

Question 26

What is cellular respiration

Answer 26

The process of making energy for the cell to do things.