Perry_Anna - Body Organization, Systems and Homeostasis Flashcards
- Which plane separates the left half of the body from the right?
Sagittal
Fall notebook; 14. Anatomical Planes and Sections
- Which plane separates the top of the body from the bottom?
Transverse plane
Fall notebook; 14. Anatomical Planes and Sections
- Know the planes.
- See Fall notebook; 14. Anatomical Planes and Sections
- Which plane separates the front of the body from the back?
- The frontal plane
Fall notebook; 14. Anatomical Planes and Sections
- What organ system supports the body, protects the vital organs and makes blood cells?
- Skeletal system
Fall notebook: 15. Body Systems
- What unit of organization is represented by nervous tissue?
Tissue
Fall notebook: 11. WKST - Body Organization and Homeostasis
- Is a dog panting in the hot sun an example of positive or negative feedback?
Negative
Fall notebook: 17. Notes - ThinkBank, Marathon movie, Biosnippet (creepy guy in underwear) HOMEOSTASIS
- What happens if the core body temperature is too high?
Blood vessels supplying the capillaries dilate
Fall notebook: 17. Notes - ThinkBank, Marathon movie, Biosnippet (creepy guy in underwear) HOMEOSTASIS
- Sweating and shivering are two responses in which feedback?
Negative
Fall notebook: 17. Notes - ThinkBank, Marathon movie, Biosnippet (creepy guy in underwear) HOMEOSTASIS
- Distal means…
Further away from the trunk
- Notes - Phi, Fibonacci Sequence, and Golden Rule in Nature
- How does a urinary system get rid of chemical waste?
By flushing them out of the body
- Notes - ThinkBank, Marathon movie, Biosnippet (creepy guy in underwear) HOMEOSTASIS
- The transverse plane…
Separates the top from the bottom
- Anatomical Planes and Sections
- Is the following statement true or false?
The organs of the endocrine system produce chemical messengers called enzymes.
False - hormones
- Notes - ThinkBank, Marathon movie, Biosnippet (creepy guy in underwear) HOMEOSTASIS
- What is a tissue?
A group of similar cells working together to perform a specific function
- What is an organ?
An organ is made up of different tissues working together.
- WKST - Body Organization and Homeostatis
- What organ system supports the body, protects the vital organs and makes blood cells?
organ
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- The Sagittal Plane is…..
segments the body in to a distinct right and left
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- Because the body’s balance fluctuates within limits, what is homeostasis also called?
dynamic equilibrium
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- High fever during an illness is part of which feedback?
positive
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- What happens if the core body temperature is too high?
blood vessels supplying the the capillaries dilate
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- Mary has finished eating a large meal. her blood is being flooded with sugar from this meal. How does her body prevent her blood sugar from going too high?
her pancreas will secrete insulin. Insulin will cause the sugar to move in to body cells form the blood
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