intro and terms
The study of body parts and their structures.
what is anatomy?
Plane dividing the body into left and right sides.
What is sagittal plane?
The smallest particle of matter.
What is an atom?
Organelle known as the “powerhouse of the cell.”
What is the mitochondria?
Tissue that covers, protects, and secretes.
What is epithelial tissue?
The study of the functions and actions of body parts.
Plane also called the coronal plane.
What is the frontal plane?
The smallest living unit of the body.
What is a cell?
Organelle that packages and ships proteins.
What is the Golgi apparatus?
Tissue that holds things together such as bone, fat, and ligaments.
What is connective tissue?
Toward the midline of the body.
What is medial?
The cavity that contains the brain.
What is the cranial cavity?
Each human cell normally has this many chromosomes.
What is 46 (23 pairs)
Organelle that controls cell activities and contains genetic material.
What is the nucleus?
Tissue with properties of conductivity and irritability.
What is nervous tissue?
Directional term meaning “toward the head.”
What is superior?
The heart is located in this subdivision of the thoracic cavity.
What is the mediastinum?
Process by which a cell splits into two identical daughter cells.
What is mitosis?
Chains of nucleotides that store genetic information.
What is DNA?
Tissue that functions by contraction.
What is muscle tissue?
Standing erect, face forward, arms at sides, palms forward describes this.
What is the anatomical position?
Inflammation of the peritoneum lining the abdominal cavity.
What is peritonitis?
Gametes (sperm and ovum) each have this many chromosomes.
What is 23?
Organelle where protein synthesis occurs.
What are ribosomes?
Three properties of muscle tissue.
What are contractility, extensibility, and elasticity?