Week 1: What is life?

Question 1

Homeostasis

Answer 1

The maintenance of a constant and stable environment inside the body

Question 2

Macroscopic

Answer 2

Structures (such as tissue and organs) that are large enough to be seen with the naked eye

Question 3

Microscopic

Answer 3

Structures (such as tissues and cells) that are so small they must be visualised using a microscope

Question 4

Organism

Answer 4

A living thing

Question 5

Anatomical Position

Answer 5

When a person is standing upright, with their head facing forward, feet forward, hands by their sides and palms facing forward

Question 6

Anterior

Answer 6

A directional term meaning closer to the front of the body

Question 7

Posterior

Answer 7

A directional term meaning closer to the back of the body

Question 8

Superior

Answer 8

A directional term meaning above, relative to another structure

Question 9

Inferior

Answer 9

A directional term meaning below, relative to another structure

Question 10

Medial

Answer 10

A directional term meaning closer to the midline of the body

Question 11

Lateral

Answer 11

A directional term meaning further away from the midline of the body

Question 12

Sagittal

Answer 12

A plane running vertically through the body separating it into a left and right half

Question 13

Transverse

Answer 13

A plane running horizontally through the body separating it into a superior and inferior half

Question 14

Diaphragm

Answer 14

A thin skeletal muscle involved in breathing, it separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity

Question 15

Visceral

Answer 15

Relating to the internal organs

Question 16

Parietal

Answer 16

Relating to the wall of a cavity

Question 17

Serous Membrane

Answer 17

A thin cellular sheet that lines organs and cavities of the body

Question 18

Medulla

Answer 18

The inner (or middle) part of an organ

Question 19

Cortex

Answer 19

The outer (or peripheral) part of an organ

Question 20

The left and right sides of the thoracic cavity are separated by the middle part. What is it called and what are its contents?

Answer 20

Mediastinum; Heart, thymus, esophagus, trachea, blood vessels and nerves

Question 21

Abdominal cavity’s cotents?

Answer 21

Stomach, intestines, liver, pancreas, spleen and kidneys

Question 22

Pelvic cavity’s contents?

Answer 22

Urinary bladder, parts of the large intestine and reproductive organs

Question 23

Gross anatomy (macroscopic)

Answer 23

structures examined without the aid of a microscope

systemic: body is studied system by system
regional: body is studied area by area

Question 24

Microscopic anatomy

Answer 24

structures examined with the aid of a microscope

Question 25

Microscopic anatomy

Answer 25

Structures examined with the aid of a microscope

Question 26

Anatomy

Answer 26

Scientific discipline that investigates the structure of body parts and how they relate to each other

Question 27

Surface anatomy

Answer 27

Study of the external form of the body and its relation to deeper structures

Question 28

What is physiology?

Answer 28

Study of the function of living things

Question 29

Gross anatomy (macroscopic)

Answer 29

Structures examined without the aid of a microscope

Question 30

Developmental anatomy

Answer 30

Structural changes that occur in the body throughout the life span

Question 31

What is physiology?

Answer 31

Study of the function of living things