Terminology
Up, Down, All Around
Tissue Types
Embryological Development
The Nervous System
100

The study of the structure of an organism.

What is ANATOMY?

100

This type of cut or plane divides the body into front and back halves.

What is CORONAL?

100

The number of tissue types in the human body

What is 4?

100

The prenatal period spans from weeks _____ through 37

What is 9?

100

The central nervous system (CNS) consists of these two structures

What are the BRAIN and SPINAL CORD?

200

The study of the function of an organism

What is PHYSIOLOGY?

200

This type of cut or plane divides the body into right and left halves.

What is SAGITTAL?
200

The type of tissue that makes up the linings of the cavities of the body and includes both secreting and ciliated types

What is EPITHELIAL TISSUE?

200

The embryological period spans from which week to which week?

What is WEEK 3 TO WEEK 8?

200

A cell in the nervous system is referred to by this name

What is a NEURON?

300

The study of cell structure and function

What is CYTOLOGY?

300

This type of cut or plane divides the body into upper and lower halves.

What is TRANSVERSE?

300

The type of tissue that links structures together as well as providing protective layers over structures like muscles and organs

What is CONNECTIVE TISSUE?
300

The number of cellular layers in an embryo (that later differentiate into different body structures)

What is 3?

300

The peripheral nervous system (PNS) consists of these two types of nerves

What are SPINAL and PERIPHERAL nerves?

400

The study of diseases of the nervous system

What is NEUROLOGY?

400

Complete the analogy: "medial" is to "middle" as "lateral" is to....

What is SIDE?

400
The type of tissue that is specialized for communication

What is NERVOUS TISSUE?

400

This embryological structure later becomes the vertebral column

What is the NOTOCHORD?

400
Movements and functions that are voluntary are described as "somatic," while involuntary movements and functions are described as this term

What is AUTONOMIC?

500

A branch of anatomy that describes individual parts of the body without reference to disease conditions, viewing the body as a composite of systems that function together

What is DESCRIPTIVE ANATOMY?

500

For a human standing upright, both "dorsal" and this term would indicate "towards the back"

What is POSTERIOR?

500

The type of specialized connective tissue found in tonsils and adenoids

What is LYMPHOID TISSUE?

500

The central and peripheral nervous system eventually develop from this layer of the embryo

What is the ECTODERM?

500
The actual name for an "electrical impulse" that travels down a neuron
What is ACTION POTENTIAL?