Systems
The 3 main pieces of the Skeletal System
What are Bones, Cartilage, and Ligaments?
The 2 divisions (cavities) of the axial portion of the body?
What are the ventral and dorsal cavities?
Position referring to the front of the body
What is Anterior (Ventral)?
The body's way of keeping the body within setpoints
What is homeostasis?
The 6th level of the levels of organization
What is Tissue?
Main function is to exchanges gases between air and blood
What is the respiratory system?
Membrane associated with the Abdominal Cavity
What is the Peritoneal Membrane?
Relative position referring to the farthest part away from the point of attachment
What is distal?
Mechanism keeping most of the body within its setpoints
What is negative feedback?
The 5 requirements of life
What are water, oxygen, pressure, heat, and food?
Main function is to maintain posture and generate the most body heat
What is the muscular system?
Membrane associated with the Thoracic Cavity
What is the Pleural Membrane?
Membrane associated with the lining of an organ
What is visceral?
Example of negative feedback mechanism
What is...?
Area which separates the thoracic cavity into two parts.
What is the mediastinum?
The main function of the endocrine system
What is secrets hormones into the blood stream?
Body cavity the nervous system is contained in
What is the dorsal cavity?
Organ covered by the visceral pericardium membrane
What is the heart?
The importance of homeostasis
What is proteins and metabolic processes are sensitive to shifts in the environment?
Body system which provides a framework and support to the body
What is the skeletal system?
The 2 main functions of the integumentary system.
What are
Protect underlying tissues
Help regulate body temperature
Cavity associated with the abdomen and pelvic regions
What is the abdominopelvic cavity?
2 positions of identifying the human body
What are the Anatomical and Relative position?
Shivering when cold is an example of homeostasis
What is true?
What is the coronal plane?