Anatomical Terms
This term describes a body part that is farther from the point of attachment.
What is distal?
These are the two main types of cells.
What is prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
The four main types of animal tissues.
What is epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous tissue?
These are the three main layers of the skin.
What is epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis?
These are changes that the body detects to begin a homeostatic response.
What is stimuli?
Someone laying down on their back is facing this direction.
What is Supine?
These tiny structures within the cell perform specific functions, like organs in a body.
What is organelles?
This tissue connects, supports, or binds other tissues and organs.
What is connective tissue?
The pigment that gives skin its color and protects against UV radiation.
What is melanin?
This type of feedback loop reverses a change to bring the body back to normal.
What is a negative feedback loop?
The anatomical term for the front of the elbow.
What is the antecubital region?
This organelle helps make proteins by assembling amino acids.
What is the ribosome?
These connective tissue cells release histamine during allergic reactions.
What is mast cells?
Immune cells found in the skin that help fight pathogens.
What is Langerhans cells?
This happens to your blood vessels and skin when you overheat.
What is vasodilation?
This plane divides the body into left and right halves.
What is the sagittal plane?
This structure processes and packages proteins for the cell.
What is the Golgi apparatus.
This epithelial type is specialized for absorption in the intestines.
What is simple columnar epithelium?
These tiny openings on the skin release sweat and help regulate temperature.
What is sweat pores?
This mechanism allows cells to maintain homeostasis by transporting substances across the membrane without energy.
What is passive transport?
This term refers to internal body parts that are located on opposite sides.
What is contralateral?
This stage of the cell cycle is when DNA is replicated in preparation for mitosis.
What is the S phase (Synthesis phase)?
This protein, found in the extracellular matrix of connective tissue, provides strength and flexibility.
What is collagen?
The outermost layer of the epidermis where dead skin cells are constantly shed.
What is the stratum corneum?
These two organ systems work closely together to control homeostasis.
What is the nervous system and endocrine system?