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What is the term for science dealing with the function of the body parts?
Physiology
What level is described by different tissues being joined together?
Organ Level
The body demonstrates movement as a characteristic of life through the process of what?
Walking
What is a group of related organs that have a common function called?
System
Differentiation
What is the term for the sum of all chemical processes in the body?
Metabolism
What is the condition in which the body's internal environment stays within physiological limits?
Homeostasis
In a negative feedback system, the response of the effector does what?
Reverses the original stimulus
What is a symptom of disease rather than a sign?
Nausea
What is the term for science that deals with the drug treatment of disease?
Pharmacology
Describe what the anatomical position is.
Standing upright facing the observer with the palms forward.
What plane divides the body into unequal left and right portions?
Parasagittal Plane
The plane that divides the body into a superior and inferior portion is what?
Transverse Plane
What is the organ system that regulates the body's activities through hormones?
Endocrine System
What is the basic structural and functional units of an organism?
Cells
Collectively the organs are called what?
Viscera
The human body's ability to respond to changes in either its internal or external environment is called what?
Responsiveness
What does a baroreceptor measure?
Blood Pressure
What does the pericardial cavity contain?
Heart
The ring finger is _______ to the little and middle fingers.
Intermediate
What is the term for anterior? Give an example.
Front
Any answer involving the front of the body
What are the 4 basic tissue types?
Receptor
What is the region between the lungs from the breastbone to the vertebra?
Mediastinum
Pelvic Cavity