The Human Body

Question 1

12 basic organ systems

Answer 1

Integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive

Question 2

Organ examples in Integumentary system

Answer 2

skin

Question 3

Organ examples in skeletal system

Answer 3

bones

Question 4

Organ examples in muscular system

Answer 4

skeletal muscles

Question 5

organ examples in nervous system

Answer 5

brain, spinal cord

Question 6

organ examples in endocrine system

Answer 6

hormone secreting glands; reproduction; metabolism

Question 7

organ examples in cardiovascular system

Answer 7

heart, blood vessels

Question 8

organ examples in lymphatic system

Answer 8

lymph nodes, sleep, thymus

Question 9

organ examples in respiratory system

Answer 9

lungs

Question 10

organ examples in digestive system

Answer 10

intestines, stomach, alimentary canal,

Question 11

organ examples in urinary system

Answer 11

bladder, kidneys, urethra, ureter

Question 12

organ examples in reproductive system

Answer 12

uterus, fallopian tubes, testes, ovaries

Question 13

Which organ systems are located in the head

Question 14

Define Superior

Answer 14

Toward the head

Question 15

Define Inferior

Answer 15

Away from the head

Question 16

Define Medial

Answer 16

Toward or at the midline of the body

Question 17

Define Lateral

Answer 17

Away from the midline of the body

Question 18

Define Proximal

Answer 18

Closer to the origin of the body part

Question 19

Define Distal

Answer 19

Farther from the origin of a body part

Question 20

Define Ipsilateral

Answer 20

On the same side

Question 21

Define Contralateral

Answer 21

On opposite sides

Question 22

Define Anterior

Answer 22

Toward or at the front of the body

Question 23

Define Posterior

Answer 23

Toward or at the back of the body

Question 24

Define Superficial

Answer 24

Toward or at the body surface

Question 25

Define Deep

Answer 25

Away from the body surface; more internal

Question 26

Median plane

Answer 26

Divides into right and left

Question 27

Frontal plane

Answer 27

Divides front and back

Question 28

Transverse plane

Answer 28

Divides top and bottom (Superior and inferior)

Question 29

What are the 2 major whbody cavities

Answer 29

dorsal, ventral

Question 30

Dorsal cavities 2 subdivisions

Answer 30

Cranial, vertebral

Question 31

Which cavities are Ventral

Answer 31

Abdominal, pelvic, thoracic,

Question 32

What organs are in the ventral cavity

Answer 32

lungs, heart, intestines, kidneys

Question 33

What organs are in the dorsal cavity

Answer 33

brain, spinal cord

Question 34

What is the mediastinum

Answer 34

a cavity in the middle of the thoracic cavity containing the heart and sternum

Question 35

What structures are in the mediastinum

Answer 35

heart, esophagus, trachea

Question 36

What separates the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities

Answer 36

the diaphragm

Question 37

What are the serous membranes in the ventral cavities

Answer 37

contain fluid to help organs that move do so with little friction against the organ wall

Question 38

Where are the parietal membranes

Answer 38

against the cavity walls

Question 39

where are the visceral membranes

Answer 39

against the organ walls

Question 40

Where would you find the parietal pleural

Answer 40

against the thoracic wall

Question 41

Where would you find the parietal pericardial

Answer 41

the wall of the pericardium

Question 42

Where would you find the visceral pleural

Answer 42

against the outer surface of the lungs

Question 43

where would you find the visceral pericardial

Answer 43

against the outer layer of the heart

Question 44

where would you find the parietal peritoneal

Answer 44

against the abdominal wall

Question 45

where would you find the visceral peritoneal

Answer 45

outer layer of abdominal pelvic organs