Vocabulary
Bones and Muscles
Body Cavities
Organ Systems
Miscellaneous
100
What is Anatomy?
Anatomy is the structure of the human body
100
What fibrous tissue connects the calf muscles to the calcaneus? It is named after the Greek hero who killed Hector outside of Troy.
Achilles Tendon
100
Name one organ in the cranial cavity
Brain
100
What is the function of the skeletal system?
*To support and protect body organs
*To provide muscles framework for movement
100
What is the function of the endocrine system?
To regulate hormones
200
What is Physiology?
Physiology is the function of the human body
200
Common in athletes, ACL surgery reconstructs or replaces a ligament located in what joint of the body?
the knee
200
What is the main function of Body cavities?
To hold and protect organs
200
What is the function of the digestive system?
Breaks down food and eliminates waste
200
Considered the control center of the cell; holds DNA
the nucleus
300
What does an osteoblast do?
builds bone
300
Sometimes called the breastbone, what bone sits at the front of the chest and connects with the ribs with the cartilage?
the sternum
300
In what body cavity would you find the stomach?
Abdominal cavity
300
The largest organ of the body
Skin
300
Starting with cells, list the levels of organization from the smallest to the largest
Cells, Tissues, Organs, Organ System, Organisms
400
What does Proximal mean?
Proximal means closer to the top of the limb.
400
What muscle in the human body gets its name from the resemblance of its shape to that of the fourth letter in the Greek alphabet?
the deltoid
400
What cavity are the heart and lungs located in?
Thoracic Cavity
400
This organ system is responsible for cleaning up interstitial fluid
The lymphatic system
400
This structure sits on top of the kidneys
the adrenals
500
What is the term for maintaining a balanced environment?
Homeostasis
500
In the human body there are "pyloric," "ileocecal," and "urethral" types of what circular muscles, which maintain constriction of an orifice?
sphincters
500
What body cavity are A and B part of?
the dorsal cavity
500
This is the part of the nervous system often referred to as the Fight or Flight system
The sympathetic nervous system
500
What is the name of a white blood cell
Leukocyte