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Body Systems
Characteristics of Life
Homeostasis
Body Parts and Regions
Membranes
100
The body system that exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide between blood and the air.
What is the respiratory system
100
The characteristic of life that is the formation of new cells or new organisms.
What is reproduction
100
The type of mechanism that makes any deviation from the normal smaller
What is negative-feedback
100
The part of the body that extends from the shoulder to the elbow
What is the arm
100
The membranes that line the trunk cavities and cover the organs inside it
What is serous membranes
200
Which body system detects sensations and controls movement?
What is the nervous system
200
The characteristic of life that results in an increase of size in all or part of an organism
What is growth
200
Another word for the ideal normal value, negative-feedback returns any deviations to this.
What is the set point
200
The part of the body that extends from the knee to the ankle
What is the leg
200
The name for a membrane covering an organ
What is visceral
300
Which two body systems work together to allow and produce body movements?
What are the skeletal and muscular systems
300
The characteristic of life that involves parts of an organism interacting with other specific parts to preform specific functions
What is organization
300
This type of mechanism is not homeostatic and is rare in someone who is healthy
What is postive-feedback mechanisms
300
The body region that can be divided into the thorax, abdomen, and pelvis
What is the trunk
300
The name for the membrane covering the heart
What is viseral pericardial
400
Which body system consists of glands, such as the pituitary gland?
What is the endocrine system
400
The characteristic of life that allows an organism to notice changes and make changes to try and maintain life
What is responsiveness
400
The component of negative feedback that monitors the value of a variable
What is a receptor
400
The part of the body that can be subdivided into four quadrants by two imaginary lines
What is the abdomen
400
The name for membranes in the abdominopelvic cavity
What is peritoneal
500
Which body system are sweat glands and nails a part of?
What is the integumentary system
500
The characteristic of life that begins at fertilization and ends at death.
What is development
500
Three components of negative feedback include, a receptor, a control center and a _______?
What is an effector
500
The median structure that divides the thoracic cavity
What is What is the mediastinum
500
The name for two layers of peritoneum fused togther
What is mesenteries