UNIT 6: ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Question 1

What are the biological levels of life?

Answer 1

Cells – Tissues – organs - organ systems - complex organisms

Question 2

Define homeostasis

Answer 2

the body’s ability to maintain a stable internal environment, even when external conditions change

Question 3

Cell theory

Answer 3

• Cells are the smallest unit of life
• Cells arise from other cells
• All living things are made of cells

Question 4

How many types of tissues are there?

Answer 4

4 types of animal tissues

Question 5

What are the four types of animal tissue?

Answer 5

Connective, muscular, epithelial, nervous

Question 6

Connective tissue:

Answer 6

Holds parts of our bodies together/fils space.

Question 7

Example of connective tissue

Answer 7

ligaments/bones, fats, cartilage

Question 8

Muscular tissue:

Answer 8

Moves parts of our body (skeletal vs. smooth)

Question 9

Example of muscular tissue

Answer 9

Biceps, quads, smiling, organs

Question 10

Epithelial tissue

Answer 10

Covers the inside and outside of the body

Question 11

Example of epithelial tissue

Answer 11

Skin, stomach/intestine lining

Question 12

Nervous tissue

Answer 12

communication in the body

Question 13

Example of Nervous tissue

Answer 13

nerves in our brain/body

Question 14

Organs

Answer 14

A collection of tissues with a similar function; organs perform jobs in the body

Question 15

Organ system

Answer 15

A group of organs working together to perform a specific function.

Question 16

Example of organ system

Answer 16

Circulatory, nervous, respiratory, digestive, skeletal, muscular

Question 17

Sagittal plane

Answer 17

an anatomical plane that divides the body into right and left sections

Question 18

Coronal [frontal] plane

Answer 18

an anatomical plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior sections

Question 19

Transverse planes

Answer 19

An anatomical plane that divides the body into upper and lower halves, or superior and inferior sections

Question 20

Inferior plane

Answer 20

Lower sections

Question 21

Superior plane

Answer 21

Upper sections

Question 22

Median sagittal plane

Answer 22

an imaginary plane that vertically divides the body into symmetrical left and right halves

Question 23

Posterior

Answer 23

further back in position; of or nearer the rear or hind end

Question 24

Anterior

Answer 24

The front surface

Question 25

Lateral

Answer 25

Directed outwards to the body

Question 26

Medial

Answer 26

Directed inwards to the body

Question 27

Distal

Answer 27

Farther away from the center of the body

Question 28

Proximal

Answer 28

Closer to the point of attachment or the center of the body

Question 29

Translate: The fingers are distal to the shoulder

Answer 29

The fingers are distal to the shoulder because they are farther away from where the arm attaches to the body.

Question 30

The shoulder is proximal to the hand because ______

Answer 30

It is closer to the trunk of the body