Directional Terms
Anatomy
Physiology & Levels
Systems
Miscellaneous
100
What is the term for "away from the longitudinal axis"?
What is lateral?
100
What is the term for viewing with the "naked eye"
What is macroscopic?
100
What is physiology?
What is the study of how living things perform functions?
100
CO2 and H2O are both examples of which level of organization?
What is molecules?
100
What type of feedback is less common and is in response to an out of the ordinary situation?
What is positive feedback loop?
200
What is the term for "towards the trunk" or "point of attachment" ?
What is proximal?
200
What type of anatomy requires magnification?
What is microscopic anatomy?
200
Digestion, Metabolism and Respiration are all examples of...?
What is physiology?
200
The 4 main tissue types are...
What is epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous tissue.
200
What structure in the human body divides the ventral cavity into the thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavity?
What is the diaphragm?
300
The head is _____________ (superior or inferior) to the neck.
What is superior?
300
What a structure can do(function) is dependent on its organization(structure) refers to...?
What is the Principle of Complementary Structure and Function?
300
The 4 types of macromolecules are...
What is carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
300
List 4 major organ systems with and example for each.
What is nervous, skeletal, muscular, integumentary, cardiovascular, reproductive, respiratory, digestive, urinary(excretory), endocrine, lymphatic(immune)?
Answers will vary
300
What type of feedback triggers a response that corrects the situation?
What is negative feedback?
400
Moving medially from the ears, what structure do you come to?
What is the nose?
400
The heart, spleen and kidneys are all examples of...?
What is anatomy/organs?
400
The 5 Levels of Organization that are ABIOTIC are...
What are subatomic particles, atoms, molecules, macromolecules, and organelles
400
From smallest to largest, what are the living levels of organization within an organism?
What is cell, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism?
400
What position would someone be in if they were lying face down on the ground?
What is prone?
500
The fingers are ____________ (proximal or distal) to the elbow.
What is distal?
500
Explain the Principle of Complementary Structure and Function by using the example of the small intestine.
Thin folds of cellular lining increase the absorption of nutrients into the blood.
500
The 5 BIOTIC Levels of Organization are...
What are cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms.
500
What is the term for maintaining an internal environment?
What is homeostasis?
500
What plane is this?
What is transverse?