Body Basics
This term means the study of the structure of the human body
What is anatomy
This is the basic unit of life
What do is a cell?
What is 206?
This organ pumps blood throughout the body
What is the heart?
This organ is the main control center of the nervous system
What is the brain
(Bradley)
This term means the study of how parts of the body work.
What is physiology?
This organelle contains most of a cell's DNA.
What is a nucleus?
This is the longest bone in the human body
What is the femur?
These blood vessles generally carry blood away from the heart
What are arteries?
The specialized cells that carry electrical signals through the nervous system are called these.
What are neurons?
In anatomical position, the palms of the hands face this direction.
What is forward/anteriorly?
A group of similar cells performing a common function is called this.
What is a tissue?
The place where two or more bones meet is called this.
What is a joint?
This gas moves from the lungs into the bloodstream
What is oxygen?
The brain and spinal cord together make up this division of the nervous system.
What is the central nervous system?
(CNS)
The anatomical term meaning "toward the head" or "above."
What is superior?
Muscle, nervous, connective, and this fourth type make up the four major tissue types.
What is epithelial tissue?
This type of muscle is under voluntary control and moves your bones.
What is skeletal muscle?
These tiny structures in the lungs are the main site of gas exchange
What are the alveoli?
This hormone helps lower blood glucose levels after eating
What is insulin?
A structure located closer to the body's midline is described using this directional term.
What is medial?
This process causes water to move across a selectively permeable membrane.
What is osmosis?
When you bend your elbow, this muscle contracts while the triceps relaxes.
What is the bicep?
(Huge btw)
This large blood vessel carries oxygen-rich blood from the left side of the heart to the body.
what is the aorta?
Unlike the nervous system, the endocrine system primarily communicates by releasing these into the bloodstream.
What are hormones?