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Body Systems
Homeostasis, Negative Feedback, and Positive Feedback
Terminology and Body Plan
Body Parts and Regions
Planes and Membranes
100
The only body system you can live without.
What is the reproductive system?
100
The existence and maintenance of a relatively constant environment.
What is homeostasis?
100
Term that means above in anatomy.
What is superior?
100
The part of the body which extends from the shoulder to the elbow.
What is the arm?
100
The plane which divides the body into equal left and right halves.
What is the midsagittal plane?
200
The body system containing kidneys, the ureter, urinary bladder, and urethra.
What is the urinary system?
200
An ideal normal value for the body.
What is a set point?
200
Origin of new words.
What is etymology?
200
The inferior end of the trunk associated with the hips.
What is the pelvis?
200
A membrane which lines the inner wall of a cavity
What is a parietal serous membrane?
300
The condition in which parts of the body have specific relationships to each other.
What is organization?
300
Inadequate delivery of blood to the heart is an example of this.
What is positive feedback?
300
Position that directional terms refer to the body in.
What is anatomical position?
300
How the abdomen is divided by two imaginary lines.
What are quadrants?
300
A cut made at a right angle to the long axis of an orga
What is a transverse cut?
400
The major regulatory system that influences metabolism, growth, and other functions.
What is the endocrine system?
400
This component of negative feedback can change the value of a variable.
What is an effector?
400
Suffix meaning inflammation.
What is "itis"?
400
Part of body in trunk containing pectoral, sternal, and mammary.
What is the thoracic?
400
The serous membrane covering the heart.
What is the visceral pericardium?
500
The body system located entirely in the abdominopelvic cavity.
What is the male reproductive system?
500
Positive feedback such as birth.
What is positive feedback that operates under normal conditions?
500
The location of the vertebral in relation to the sternal.
What is dorsal?
500
The region superior to the umbilical region.
What is the epigastric region?
500
The plane that is used to when someone's arm is cut off.
What is the sagittal plane?