Intro. to A&P
The structure of the human body.
What is anatomy?
Heart
What is the cardiovascular system?
Encloses internal body structures and site of many sensory receoptors.
What is the integumentary system?
The head is _______ to the neck.
What is inferior?
This plane divides the body into a right and left half.
What is sagittal?
Maintaining a state of equilibrium in the human body is known as______________.
What is homeostasis?
Mr. Kukuchka broke his humerus. He needs this type of medical imaging.
What is an x-ray?
This system includes an organ that pumps blood.
What is the cardiovascular system?
The function of the human body.
What is physiology?
Large Intestine
What is the digestive system?
Detects and processes sensory information.
What is the nervous system?
The patellar region is __________ to the pedal region.
What is superior?
This plane divides the body into a top and bottom.
What is transverse?
A ______point is the physiological value around which the normal range fluctuates.
What is set?
Mrs. Piteo needs to have her liver looked at. What type of imaging would she need for this to occur.
What is a CT Scan?
Gas exchange occurs in this system.
What is the respiratory system?
Anatomy that is visible to the eye
Brain
What is the nervous system?
Secretes hormones.
What is the endocrine system?
The digital region is _________ to the thoracic region.
What is lateral?
This plane divides the body into anterior and posterior.
What is a frontal plane?
Temperature regulation is this type of feedback mechanism.
What is negative?
Mrs. Tenney is having some heart palpitations. What type of imaging would be a good way to diagnose her heart.
What are PET scans?
This system secretes and produces bile?
What is the digestive system?
Anatomy that is visible with a microscope.
What is microscopic anatomy?
Bladder
What is the urinary system?
Delivers oxygen and nutrients to tissues.
What is the cardiovascular system?
The umbilical regions is _______ to the brachial region.
What is medial?
The appendix is located in this quadrant.
What is RLQ?
Childbirth is an example of this type of feedback mechanism.
What is positive?
Susie the skeleton found out she is pregnant. In order to monitor the pregnancy, she will need this type of imaging.
What is ultrasonography?
The ureters are a part of this system.
What is the urinary system?
The study of the interrelationships of all of the structures in a specific body region
What is regional anatomy?
Adrenal glands
What is the endocrine system?
Returns fluid to the blood.
What is the lymphatic system?
The lumbar regions is ________ to the abdominal region.
What is posterior?
The brain is located in this cavity.
The cranial cavity.
Extreme blood loss and the process of blood clotting to prevent death is this type of feedback mechanism.
What is positive?
If a patient may have a cancerous tumor, the best type of imaging would be a _________.
What is a MRI?
The pituitary gland produces a growth hormone.
What is the endocrine system?