Characteristics of Life
Body Cavities
Body Systems
Directional Terms
Body Regions
100
This characteristic deals with highly organized structures with protective membranes
What is cellular organization?
100
This body cavity encompasses the whole posterior side of the body including the cranial and spinal cavities.
What is the dorsal cavity?
100
Primary organs of this system include the brain and the spinal cord.
What is the nervous system?
100
The cephalic region is ______ to the cervical regions.
What is superior?
100
this region is located between the hips and superior to the coccyx bone
What is the sacral region?
200
An example of this characteristic would be sweating or shivering so that the body can regulate temperature.
What is homeostasis?
200
This body cavity has 2 subparts. Organs that could be found in this cavity include: intestines, bladder, kidneys.
What is the abdominopelvic cavity
200
This system works to distribute nutrients throughout the body by using blood as its primary transportation
What is circulatory system?
200
The umbilical region is more ______ to the thoracic cavity than the coxal region.
What is proximal?
200
this region is located vertically on the dorsal side posterior to the heart and lungs.
What is the vertebral region?
300
List the most important characteristic of life and explain why its so significant.
What is reproduction? It is the most essential characteristic because it is the only characteristic that is solely responsible for the continuation of life
300
List 3 organs/tissues located in the thoracic cavity.
What is the heart, lungs, and diaphragm?
300
This system is responsible for regulating hormones that deal with temperature and even sugars.
What is the endocrine system?
300
State the difference between medial and lateral directional terms. You must also list an example using body regions.
What is medial is towards the midline and lateral is towards the outer body parts?
300
List 5 body regions that are inferior to the acromial region.
What is (variety of answers) Anything below the shoulders
400
This is the intake of food that is manipulated by the body to become chemical food for the cells. The cells of the body use this for fuel. Energy expenditure must equal to energy intake to avoid weight loss or weight gain.
What is metabolism?
400
State the significance of the spinal cavity.
What is the spinal cord? The spinal cavity holds the spinal cord which is the root of all messages sent out to other body parts.
400
Beginning with the most superior portion of the digestive system, list and define the function of each part.
What is the teeth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine?
400
List the 3 planes of the body and state their definitions in terms of what they divide using directional terms.
What is the transverse plane which divides superior and inferior halves of the body? What is the coronal plane divides anterior and posterior halves of the body? What is the sagittal plane divides left and right halves of the body?
400
List 10 body regions using the anterior skeleton and 10 body regions that can be seen from the posterior skeleton.
What is (variety of answers)
500
List and define the 7 characteristics of living things.
What is reproduction, growth & development, heredity, homeostasis, metabolism, responsiveness, & cellular organization?
500
List 4 major body cavities and list organs found in each.
What is cranial, spinal, thoracic, and abdominopelvic?
500
List 8 of the 11 major body systems
What is digestive, circulatory, respiratory, endocrine, reproductive, nervous, muscular, skeletal, excretory, lymphatic, integumentary?
500
DAILY DOUBLE: If the dorsal side should be the posterior side of all organisms, why is the back side of a 4 legged animal still considered the dorsal side?
What is the dorsal side is defined by the location of the spinal cord?
500
Which region would be the closest to where alveoli are found?
What is the pectoral or sternal region?
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