Directional Terms and Planes
This plane gives you superior and inferior portions
Transverse Plane
Define Homeostasis
the tendency of an organism to maintain a stable internal environment. (Maintain Balance within the body)
List the 2 phases for the cell cycle
Interphase and Mitosis
List the 4 types of Tissue
Epithelial, Connective, Muscle, and Nervous Tissue
What tissue is the most abundant throughout the body?
Connective Tissue
divides the body into anterior and posterior portions.
Frontal/ Coronal Plane
List the two types of feedback loops
Negative and Positive feedback loops
What are the 5 phases for mitosis
Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis
What tissue covers surfaces and lines internal passageways?
Epithelial Tissue
What two cells help make up nervous tissue?
Neurons and neuroglia
Define Anatomical Position
Standing erect, facing observer, arms at side, palms facing forward
What feedback loop prevents sudden, severe changes in the body
Negative Feedback Loop
In what phase of the cell cycle is the DNA replicating?
S phase
Classification of Epithelia is based on what?
Number of layers and shape of the cell
List the 3 cartilage types.
Hyaline, elastic, and fibrocartilage
The heart is _______ to the sternum (chest bone)
Deep
Why is childbirth considered a positive feedback loop.
It causes more instability in the body
Interphase is composed of what three parts?
G1, S, and G2
List the 2 types of involuntary muscle tissue.
Smooth muscle tissue and Cardiac muscle tissue
What type of cartilage forms most of the fetal skeleton and forms the supportive rings around the trachea?
Hyaline cartilage
The elbow is _______ from the shoulder
distal
What are the 3 control mechanisms in homeostasis
receptor, control center, effector
At what checkpoint do cells stay in when they do not need to replicate?
G0 checkpoint
What epithelial cell type allows for absorption and helps secrete mucus in the digestive tract?
Simple Columnar Epithelium
What type of epithelial cells have cillia?
Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium