Body Organization
Which organ system includes the heart and blood vessels?
What is the cardiovascular system?
If one structure is closer to the body's midline than another structure, it is described as what?
What is medial?
What does the abbreviation OTC mean?
What is over-the-counter?
On which molecule are genes found?
What is DNA?
Which type of tissue transmits and processes information throughout the body?
What is nervous tissue?
Which body cavity houses the heart and lungs?
What is the thoracic cavity?
What directional term means “toward the front of the body”?
What is anterior?
What is the common abbreviation for tuberculosis?
What is TB?
What process moves particles from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration without requiring cellular energy?
What is diffusion?
Which type of tissue makes up tendons?
What is connective tissue?
Put these levels of organization in order from simplest to most complex: organ, cell, tissue, organ system.
Cell → Tissue → Organ → Organ system
The heart is ______ to the arm.
What is medial?
What does CT stand for?
What is computed tomography?
What specialized form of diffusion involves the movement of water across a membrane?
Answer: What is osmosis?
What is osmosis?
A torn biceps involves damage to which type of tissue?
What is muscular tissue?
The lungs are an example of which level of organization?
What is an organ?
The head is ______ to the abdomen.
What is superior?
What does osteology mean?
What is the study of bones and bone diseases?
What characteristic makes embryonic stem cells different from many other cells?
What is pluripotency?
Which membrane lines body cavities that are open to the exterior?
What is the mucous membrane?
DNA, oxygen, water, and mitochondria can represent different levels of organization. Which level does DNA represent?
What is a macromolecule?
Which statement is correct: the heart is anterior to the breastbone, the heart is medial to the arm, or the stomach is superior to the heart?
The heart is medial to the arm.
Match each suffix with its meaning: -logy, -scopy, -iatry, -pathy.
Which organelle is involved in lipid synthesis and detoxification?
What is the endoplasmic retiuculum?
A patient taking blood thinners has an injury. Which stage of tissue repair could be affected?
What is homeostasis?