Levels of Organization
The 3 main structures of a cell
What is cell membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus?
Imaginary flat surface that divides the body.
What is a plane
Divided into the cranial and the spinal cavity.
What is dorsal cavity?
Bluish discoloration of the skin resulting from poor circulation (inadequate oxygenation
What is Cyanosis?
US
What is ultrasound?
The smallest structural and functional unit of life.
What is a cell?
Is another name for frontal plane
What is the coronal plane?
Contains the thoracic cavity and the abdominal pelvic cavity.
What is the ventral cavity?
Edema
What is swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in the body's tissues?
RLQ
What is right lower quadrant?
The highest level of organization
What is the organism?
It runs through the center of the body.
What is the midsagittal plane?
The muscle called the diaphargm.
What separates the thoracic cavity and the abdominal pelvic cavity?
Procedure that uses heat from an electric current to destroy abnormal tissue.
What is electrocautery?
What specialist uses this type of procedure on the heart?
What do they cauterize?
lat
What is lateral?
The study of tissue
What is histology?
Proximal
What is nearer to the center of the body location called?
Contains the liver, stomach, intestines and kidneys.
What is the abdominal cavity?
The biological process of self-regulation that living organism use to maintain a stable environment.
What is homeostasis?
MRI
What is magnetic resonance imaging?
It is responsible for metabolism, growth, reproduction and carries the genetic blueprint of the organism.
What is the nucleus?
The location that is toward the surface of the body (external)
What is superficial?
it is positioned inferior to the abdominal cavity.
What is the pelvic cavity?
Pathogenesis
What is the origination and development of a disease?
SPECT
What is single-photon emission computed tomography?