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  1. Which plane separates the left half of the body from the right?
A

Sagittal

Fall notebook; 14. Anatomical Planes and Sections

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  1. Which plane separates the top of the body from the bottom?
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Transverse plane

Fall notebook; 14. Anatomical Planes and Sections

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  1. Know the planes.
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  1. See Fall notebook; 14. Anatomical Planes and Sections
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  1. Which plane separates the front of the body from the back?
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  1. The frontal plane

Fall notebook; 14. Anatomical Planes and Sections

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  1. What organ system supports the body, protects the vital organs and makes blood cells?
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  1. Skeletal system

Fall notebook: 15. Body Systems

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  1. What unit of organization is represented by nervous tissue?
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Tissue

Fall notebook: 11. WKST - Body Organization and Homeostasis

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  1. Is a dog panting in the hot sun an example of positive or negative feedback?
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Negative

Fall notebook: 17. Notes - ThinkBank, Marathon movie, Biosnippet (creepy guy in underwear) HOMEOSTASIS

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  1. What happens if the core body temperature is too high?
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Blood vessels supplying the capillaries dilate

Fall notebook: 17. Notes - ThinkBank, Marathon movie, Biosnippet (creepy guy in underwear) HOMEOSTASIS

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  1. Sweating and shivering are two responses in which feedback?
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Negative

Fall notebook: 17. Notes - ThinkBank, Marathon movie, Biosnippet (creepy guy in underwear) HOMEOSTASIS

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  1. Distal means…
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Further away from the trunk

  1. Notes - Phi, Fibonacci Sequence, and Golden Rule in Nature
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  1. How does a urinary system get rid of chemical waste?
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By flushing them out of the body

  1. Notes - ThinkBank, Marathon movie, Biosnippet (creepy guy in underwear) HOMEOSTASIS
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  1. The transverse plane…
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Separates the top from the bottom

  1. Anatomical Planes and Sections
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  1. Is the following statement true or false?

The organs of the endocrine system produce chemical messengers called enzymes.

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False - hormones

  1. Notes - ThinkBank, Marathon movie, Biosnippet (creepy guy in underwear) HOMEOSTASIS
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  1. What is a tissue?
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A group of similar cells working together to perform a specific function

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  1. What is an organ?
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An organ is made up of different tissues working together.

  1. WKST - Body Organization and Homeostatis
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  1. What organ system supports the body, protects the vital organs and makes blood cells?
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organ

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  1. The Sagittal Plane is…..
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segments the body in to a distinct right and left

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  1. Because the body’s balance fluctuates within limits, what is homeostasis also called?
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dynamic equilibrium

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  1. High fever during an illness is part of which feedback?
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positive

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  1. What happens if the core body temperature is too high?
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blood vessels supplying the the capillaries dilate

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  1. 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?
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her pancreas will secrete insulin. Insulin will cause the sugar to move in to body cells form the blood
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