Body Levels
What is the smallest, most basic chemical unit of an element?
Atom
What body system provides a protective membrane, temperature regulation, and sensory receptor?
Integumentary system
What medical term means to resemble man?
Android
What is a grouping of similar cells that together perform specialized functions?
Tissue
What is a chemical substance that can alter or modify the functions of a living organism?
Drug
What are the building blocks for the various structures that together make up a human being called?
Cells
What body system is responsible for digestion, absorption, and elimination?
Digestive system
What medical term is used to describe the study of tissue?
Histology
What are the four basic types of tissue in the body?
Epithelial, connective, muscle, and nerve.
When a medication is prescribed, the amount of medicine that is prescribed for administration is called what?
Dosage
What is the tasteless, clear, odorless liquid that makes up 65% of a male's body weight and 55% of a female's body weight?
Water
What system contains muscles that produce movement, maintain posture, and produce heat?
Muscular system
What medical term means pertaining to the body as a whole?
Systemic
What is the name of the most widespread and abundant of the body tissues that form the supporting network for the organs of the body, sheaths of the muscles, and connects muscles to bones and bones to joints?
Connective tissue
What is the third leading cause of death in human beings and are caused by pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi that can be spread, directly or indirectly?
Infectious diseases
What are the four basic types of tissue in the body?
Epithelial, connective, muscle, nerve
What body system provides shape, support, protection, and storage of minerals and movement is made possible through joints?
Skeletal system
What medical term is used to describe the process of filtering or straining particles from a solution?
Filtration
What type of muscle tissue is involuntary and found within the walls of organs and structures such as the esophagus, stomach, intestines, bronchi, uterus, urethra, bladder, blood vessels, and arrector pili in the skin?
Smooth muscle
What are the six elements that make of the mass of the human body?
Hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, calcium, phosphorus
What type of muscle tissue is striated in appearance and is anchored by tendons to bone?
Skeletal muscle
What body system transmits impulses, responds to change, is responsible for communication, and exercises control over all parts of the body?
Nervous system
What medical terms would be used to label the top and bottom of the heart? Where would you place these labels on the heart?
Apex and Base
What type of tissue consists of nerve cells and supporting cells called neuroglia and has the properties of excitability, conductivity, and functions to control and coordinate the activities of the body?
Nerve tissue
Name the 8 levels of body organization in order.
Atom -> Molecule -> Organelle -> Cell -> Tissue -> Organ -> Organ System -> Organism