Terms
Tissue
Organ Systems
Directions and Planes
Body Cavities/Regions
100
A group of several different kinds of tissues arragned to perform a special function.
What is an organ.
100
This tissue contains no blood vessels.
What is epithelial tissue.
100
This organ system functions to support and move the body as well as store minerals and blood cell formation.
What is the skeletal system.
100
The front of the body.
What is anterior.
100
These are located in the pleural cavities.
What are lungs.
200
Composed of the cranial and spinal body cavities.
What is dorsal (dorsal cavity).
200
This type of cardiac muscle tissue makes up the wall of the heart.
What is striated involuntary.
300
The fundamental unit of all living tissue.
What is cell.
300
Connective tissue that are described as, dense fibrous are called these.
What are tendons and ligaments.
300
This organ system supplies the body with immune cells.
What is the lymphatic system.
300
Nearer to the surface.
What is superficial.
300
The ventral body cavity is made up of the thoracic cavity which is broken into these two cavities.
What are the mediastinum and the pleural cavities.
400
The process that permits a cell to engulf (or surround) any foreign material and to digest it.
What is phagocytosis.
400
Epithelial membranes are divided into these two subgroups.
What are mucous membranes and serous membranes.
400
Nearest the origin of the structure; nearest the trunk.
What is proximal.
400
This region consists of the majority of the small intestine and the transverse colon.
What is the umbilical region.
500
The process by which extracellular fluid is taken into the cell.
What is pinocytosis.
500
This tissue membranes are smooth and slick and secrete synovial fluid (a thick, colorless lubricating fluid).
What are connective tissue membranes (synovial membranes)
500
The pituitary gland, hypothalamus, thyroid gland, parathyroid glands, and pancreas (among others) are all part of this organ system.
What is the endocrine system.
500
Toward the distal end of the body.
What is caudal.
500
The appendix is located in this region.
What is the hypogastric region.
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