Anatomical terms
Planes
Chracteristics of living things
Organ Systems
Misc
100
This term means toward the head or upper part of the body.
What is superior (or cranial)?
100
This plane divides the body into right and left parts.
What is the sagittal plane?
100
The smallest unit of life is the ______.
What is the cell?
100
This system is responsible for pumping blood through the body.
What is the circulatory system?
100
DNA carries an organism’s ______ information.
genetic
200
This term means toward the midline of the body.
What is medial
200
This plane divides the body into top and bottom sections.
What is the transverse (horizontal) plane?
200
The process of maintaining stable internal conditions is called ______.
What is homeostasis
200
The brain and spinal cord are part of which system?
nervous system
200
The level of organization that comes after tissues is the ______.
organ
300
The opposite of anterior (ventral) is _______.
What is posterior (dorsal)?
300
This plane divides the body into front and back portions.
What is the frontal (coronal) plane?
300
The sum of all chemical reactions in an organism is known as ______.
metabolism
300
This system removes waste from the blood and body.
What is the excretory system?
300
The type of reproduction that requires two parents is called ______ reproduction.
What is sexual reproduction?
400
This term means farther from the surface of the body.
What is deep?
400
what is 1?
transverse
400
Prokaryotic cells differ from eukaryotic cells because they lack a ______.
nucleus
400
The lungs belong to this system, which exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide.
What is the respiratory system?
400
In plants, photosynthesis converts light energy into ______ energy.
chemical energy
500
What term means farther from the midline of the body?
lateral
500
what is 3?
coronal/frontal plane
500
The seven main characteristics of life include growth, reproduction, and five others. Name two of the remaining five.
Any two of: cellular organization, genetic code, energy use, homeostasis, adaptation/responding to environment.
500
This system produces hormones that control many body functions.
What is the endocrine system?
500
Name all levels of biological organization from smallest to largest.
Atom → Molecule → Organelle → Cell → Tissue → Organ → Organ System → Organism