Working Together
The system consisting of bones, ligaments, and cartilage.
What is the skeletal system?
The smallest unit of matter that can be identified as a specific substance.
What is an atom?
The condition of a stable internal environment
What is homeostasis?
The cavity containing the lungs and heart
What is the thoracic cavity?
The head, in relation to the thorax
What is superior?
The system that is responsible for gas exchange between blood and air.
What is the respiratory system?
The small components found inside of cells.
What are organelles?
The "target" range that must be maintained for a condition necessary for life, such as temperature or blood sugar.
What is the set point?
The cavity containing the most of the digestive organs
What is the abdominal cavity?
The eyes, relative to the brainstem
What is anterior?
The system that fights infections by removing disease-causing microorganisms and viruses from tissue fluid.
What is the lymphatic system?
The unit comprised of several tissues.
What is an organ?
A process that enhances the stimulus
What is a positive feedback loop?
The cavity containing the bladder
What is the pelvic cavity?
The elbow, relative to the wrist
What is proximal?
The system whose cells communicate with each other by way of a system of chemical signals released in response to external stimuli.
What is the nervous system?
What is a macromolecule?
Another word for a homeostatic mechanism
What is a feedback loop?
The cavity containing the brain
What is the cranial cavity?
The nose, relative to the ears
What is medial?
The system containing all the glands that secrete chemical messengers called hormones.
What is the endocrine system?
The most complex level of organization found in living things.
What is an organism?
An effector.
What produces the response in a feedback loop?
The cavities containing the eyes
What are the orbital cavities?
The skin, relative to the heart
What is superficial?