The Human Body

Question 1

What are the four basic reference systems of body organization?

Answer 1

Direction
Planes
Cavities
Structural units

Question 2

Upper most part =

Lower most part=

Answer 2

Superior, inferior

Question 3

————-means towards the front and _________ is a snynomous with it

Answer 3

Anterior, ventral

Question 4

_______means toward the back and ________ is a synonymous with it

Answer 4

Posterior, dorsal

Question 5

_________ or ________ means towards the head

Answer 5

Cephalad or cranial

Question 6

____________means towards the midline, ____________means towards the side

Answer 6

Madeline, lateral

Question 7

___________means near the point of attachment; __________ means away from the point of attachment

Answer 7

Proximal, distal

Question 8

_________ or __________ vertically divides the body into equal halfs

Answer 8

Midsagittal, median plan

A sagittal plane is // to median or midsagittal plane

Question 9

A _________ or a _________ divides the body into superior and inferior planes

Answer 9

Horizontal or transverse plane

Question 10

A __________ or a ________ plane divides the anterior or ventral and the posterior or dorsal portions of the body at right angles to the sagittal plane

Answer 10

Frontal, coronal

Question 11

What are the two main cavities of the body?

Answer 11

Dorsal and ventral cavity

Question 12

What cavities are found in the dorsal cavity?

Answer 12

Cranial (contains the brain) and the spinal cavity (which contains the spinal cord)

Question 13

What is the ventral cavity subdivided into?

Answer 13

Thoracic cavity (contains the heart in the pericardial cavity and the two lungs each in a pleural cavity)
Abdominopelvic cavity which contains the digestive organs and some urinary reproductive organs.

Question 14

What does the term parietal refer to?

Answer 14

The walls of a cavity

Question 15

What does the term visceral refer to?

Answer 15

The covering of an organ

Question 16

What is the most basic unit of the body’s organization?

Answer 16

The cell

Question 17

What re the different types of cells that make up the four tissues?

Answer 17

Epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous

Question 18

_________ are composed of cells integrated into tissues serving a common function

Answer 18

Organs

Question 19

What does the integumentary system include?

Answer 19

Skin, hair, nails, sweat ad sebaceous glands

Question 20

What is the function of the integumentary system?

Answer 20

It protects, regulates water and temperature

Question 21

What does the skeletal system do?

Answer 21

Produces red blood cells, allows movement, protects, supports and stores fat

Question 22

What are the three different kinds of muscle and what is its purpose?

Answer 22

Movement: skeletal, smooth, cardiac

Question 23

Who was the first person to correctly illustrate the human skeleton?

Answer 23

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 24

Salivary glands produce saliva which contains

Answer 24

Enzymes

Question 25

When referring to direction the human body is erect and facing

Answer 25

Forward

Question 26

The study of disease is called

Answer 26

Pathology

Question 27

What position is the thoracic cavity in relation to the abdominal cavity?

Answer 27

Superior

Question 28

The term that best describes the direction nearest to the midline of the body is

Answer 28

Medial

Question 29

With relation to the ankle the knee is

Answer 29

Proximal

Question 30

Any plane // to the median plane is

Answer 30

Sagittal

Question 31

A cut through the long axis of an organ is called what kind of section?

Answer 31

Longitudinal

Question 32

A cut at right angles to the long axis is referred to as?

Answer 32

Trasverse

Question 33

The body has how many major cavities?

Answer 33

2

Question 34

The dorsal cavity contains organs of which system?

Answer 34

Nervous

Question 35

The ventral cavity contains organs that are involved in maintaining

Answer 35

Homeostasis

Question 36

The heart in its sac resides in which cavity?

Answer 36

Pericardial

Question 37

The ovaries and uterus in women are continued in which cavity

Answer 37

Abdominopelvic

Question 38

The membrane lining the pleural wall is the

Answer 38

Parietal pleural

Question 39

The membrane covering the abdominal organs is the

Answer 39

Parietal peritoneum

Question 40

The membrane covering the lungs is the

Answer 40

Visceral pleural

Question 41

The basic unit of biologic organization is the cell. Cells grouped together make up

Answer 41

Tissues

Question 42

Mitochondria, ribosomes, lysosomes are considered

Answer 42

Organelles

Question 43

The type of tissue with little if any intercellular material is

Answer 43

Epithelial

Question 44

The type of tissue having cells that produce elastin and collagen is

Answer 44

Connective

Question 45

Which system has organs functions as levers?

Answer 45

Skeletal

Question 46

Which system is composed of two layers?

Answer 46

Integumentary (epidermis and dermis)

Question 47

Fibrous connective tissue is known as

Answer 47

Tendons

Question 48

Interpreting stimuli from the external environment is the function of which system

Answer 48

Nervous

Question 49

What hormone moves excess sugar into the liver?

Answer 49

Insulin

Question 50

Which cavity contains the brain and spinal cord?

Answer 50

Dorsal cavity

Question 51

what is the thoracic cavity surrounded by?

Answer 51

Rib cage