HOMEOSTASIS
SYSTEMS
DIRECTIONS
PLANES
CAVITIES
100

A SYSTEM THAT RESPONDS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO A CHANGE

NEGATIVE FEEDBACK SYSTEM

100

THIS SYSTEM CONSISTS OF THE LUNGS, PHARYNX, LARYNX, TRACHEA AND BRONICAL TUBES

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

100

THE TERM THAT REFERS TO A POSITION THAT IS TOWARDS THE HEAD.

SUPERIOR

100

THIS PLANE DIVIDES THE BODY INTO FRONT AND BACK.

CORONAL/FRONTAL PLANE

100

THE CAVITIES LOCATED LATERAL TO THE HEART.

PLEURAL CAVITIES

200

THIS IS THE ROLE SWEATING WOULD PLAY CAUSED BY BEING TOO HOT.

EFFECTOR

200

THE SYSTEM THAT GENERATES ACTION POTENTIALS; IT DETECTS CHANGES IN THE BODY’S INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS

NERVOUS SYSTEM

200

THIS TERM REFERS TO A BODY PART THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT.

DISTAL

200

THIS PLANE DIVIDES THE BODY INTO TOP AND BOTTOM.

TRANSVERSE PLANE

200

THIS CAVITY WOULD CONTAIN THE URINARY BLADDER.

PELVIC CAVITY

300

A HOMEOSTATIC MECHANISM THAT REGULATES BODY TEMPERATURE

THERMOREGULATION

300

THIS SYSTEM CONTAINS NERVES, THE BRAIN, AND THE SPINAL CORD

NERVOUS SYSTEM

300

THIS STRUCTURE IS THE INTERMEDIATE JOINT TO THE ANKLE AND HIP

KNEE

300

THIS PLANE DIVIDES THE BODY INTO LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES.

SAGITTAL PLANE

300

THIS CAVITY INLCUDES THE CRANIAL CAVITY AND THE SPINAL CAVITY.

THE DORSAL (POSTERIOR) CAVITY

400

THE BLOOD-GLUCOSE CONSTANT OF THE HUMAN BODY

100 MG/ML

400

THIS SYSTEM PROVIDES THE BODY WITH OXYGEN AND REMOVES CARBON DIOXIDE FROM CELLULAR RESPIRATION

THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

400

THIS LONG DIGESTIVE ORGAN IS LOCATED IN THE TRUNK, SUPERIOR TO THE STOMACH BUT INFERIOR TO THE PHARYNX.

ESOPHAGUS

400

THIS PLANE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT IS NOT AT A 90-DEGREE ANGLE TO THE OTHER PLANES.

OBLIQUE PLANE

400

THIS CAVITY INCLUDES THE THORACIC CAVITY AND THE ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITY 

VENTRAL (ANTERIOR) CAVITY

500

THE EFFECTOR’S RESPONSE TO RISING BLOOD-SUGAR LEVELS

PANCREAS RELEASES INSULIN

500

THIS SYSTEM CONSISTS OF THE MOUTH, ESOPHAGUS, AND INTESTINES.

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

500

THE JOINT THAT IS PROXIMAL TO THE WRIST BUT INTERMEDIATE TO THE SHOULDER AND THE WRIST.

ELBOW

500

THIS PLANE IS SOMETIMES CALLED A CROSS SECTION

TRANSVERSE PLANE

500

THIS IS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE THORACIC CAVITY. IT CONTAINS ALL THORACIC ORGANS EXCEPT THE LUNGS THEMSELVES.

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