Structural Organization/Tissues

Question 1

anterior/ventral

Answer 1

in front or front of

Question 2

posterior/dorsal

Answer 2

in back or back of

Question 3

superior

Answer 3

above or upper

Question 4

inferior

Answer 4

below or lower

Question 5

cranial

Answer 5

towards the head

Question 6

caudal

Answer 6

towards the feet

Question 7

medial

Answer 7

towards the middle/midline

Question 8

later

Answer 8

towards the side of the body

Question 9

superficial

Answer 9

on or near the surface of the body

Question 10

deep

Answer 10

injury to internal organs

Question 11

proximal

Answer 11

toward the point of attachment to the body or towards the trunk of the body

Question 12

what abdominal regions are on either side of the hypogastric region?

Answer 12

the left and right iliac region

Question 13

what region is on either side of the epigastric region?

Answer 13

the left and right hypochondriac region

Question 14

what region is located on either side of the umbilical region?

Answer 14

the left and right lumbar region

Question 15

what organs are in the cranial cavity?

Answer 15

the brain

Question 16

what organs are in the thoracic/ventral cavity?

Answer 16

the heart, lungs, and esophagus

Question 17

what organs are in the abdominal cavity?

Answer 17

stomach, liver, the intestines, the pancreas, and gall bladder

Question 18

what organs are in the pelvic cavity?

Answer 18

the bladder and reproductive organs

Question 19

what organ can be found in the dorsal/spinal cavity?

Answer 19

the spinal cord

Question 20

what connective tissue stores fat?

Answer 20

adipose tissues

Question 21

what body plane divides the body into top and bottom halves?

Answer 21

transverse

Question 22

the mid sagittal plane divides the body into?

Answer 22

equal right and left halves

Question 23

what body plane divides the body into anterior and posterior portions?

Answer 23

coronal

Question 24

the outer part of a serous membrane that lines the cavity is?

Answer 24

parietal

Question 25

the inner part of the serous membrane that lines next to the organ is?

Answer 25

visceral

Question 26

what type of serous membrane lines the abdominal cavity?

Answer 26

peritoneal

Question 27

what is formed when cells are grouped because they are similar in shape, size, structure, and function?

Answer 27

tissue

Question 28

what body plane divides the body into superior and inferior portions?

Answer 28

transversal

Question 29

what is a tissue?

Answer 29

cells that are grouped together by size shape and function

Question 30

name the 4 types of tissues:

Answer 30

epithelial tissue, connective tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue

Question 31

what are the two types of epithelial tissue?

Answer 31

skin and membrane

Question 32

what does epithelial tissue do?

Answer 32

protects the body by covering internal and external surfaces, and produces secretions

Question 33

what does skin do?

Answer 33

it covers the outside of the body

Question 34

what do membranes do?

Answer 34

two thin layers of tissue that join together, and may secrete a fluid

Question 35

what are the four types of connective tissue?

Answer 35

cartilage, adipose, tendons and ligaments

Question 36

what is cartilage?

Answer 36

firm, flexible support of the embryonic skeleton and part of the adult skeleton

Question 37

what is adipose?

Answer 37

fat cells

Question 38

what are tendons?

Answer 38

white bands of connective tissue that connect skeletal muscles to bone

Question 39

what are ligaments?

Answer 39

strong, flexible bands of connective tissue that firmly hold bones together at the joints

Question 40

what is connective tissue?

Answer 40

a type of tissue that supports and connects organs and tissues

Question 41

what are the three types of muscle tissue?

Answer 41

skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle tissue

Question 42

what is muscle tissue?

Answer 42

a type of tissue that contracts to move body parts

Question 43

which type of muscle tissue is striated, involuntary, and contracts the heart?

Answer 43

cardiac muscle tissue

Question 44

which type of muscle tissue is striated, voluntary, and attached to the skeleton?

Answer 44

skeletal muscle tissue

Question 45

which type of muscle tissue is non striated, involuntary, and provides movement in various body systems?

Answer 45

smooth muscle tissue

Question 46

what is nervous tissue?

Answer 46

a type of tissue that reacts to stimulation and conducts an impulse

Question 47

what are the two types of membranes?

Answer 47

mucous and serous

Question 48

what are the two types of serous membranes?

Answer 48

partial and visceral