Anatomy and Physiology
Homeostasis
Organization
Directional Terms
Planes, Cavities, & Membranes
100
The study of the structure of the human body
What is anatomy?
100
When the body keeps a fairly constant environment.
What is homeostasis?
100
the level that is involved in the transformation of atoms to molecules
What is the chemical level?
100
another word for above
What is superior?
100
a plane that separated the body into front and back parts.
What is the frontal plane?
200
to understand and predict the body's response to stimuli and how the the body maintains conditions within a narrow range of values in a changing environment
What are the goals physiology?
200
Negative and positive.
What are the two feedback mechanisms?
200
the basic living of all plant and animals.
What is a cell?
200
is when a person is standing straight up with their arms at their sides and palms facing forward.
What is anatomical position?
200
serous membrane that covers organs.
What is visceral?
300
Systemic and regional anatomy
What are the two basic approaches of the study of anatomy?
300
variables, set point, and normal range.
What are three components that help explain homeostasis?
300
the small structures that make up cells.
What is an organelle?
300
two words meaning towards the back of the body.
What is posterior and dorsal?
300
the cavity that is separated from the abdominal cavity by the diaphragm.
What is the thoracic cavity?
400
Surface anatomy and anatomical imaging
What are the two studies that are used to examine the internal structures?
400
receptor, central control, and effector
What are the three components of negative feedback?
400
organism, chemical, organ, tissue, cell, and organ system.
What are the six structural levels?
400
the origin of new words.
What is etymology?
400
longitudinal, transverse, and oblique.
What are the three planes of section through an organ?
500
the study of a specific organism (human physiology) and levels of organization within the organism (cellular and systemic physiology).
What are the two parts of physiology?
500
childbirth and fever.
What are examples of positive feedback?
500
organization, metabolism, responsiveness, growth, development, and reproduction.
What are the six characteristics of life?
500
the ankle is ______ to the knee.
What is distal?
500
sagittal, migsagittal, transverse, horizontal, and frontal.
What are the planes of the body?
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