Anatomical Terms
This term means "closer to the trunk or point of attachment."
What is proximal?
This tissue type provides control and communication.
What is nervous tissue?
The process of maintaining a stable internal environment in the body.
What is homeostasis
This body region refers to the head.
What is cephalic?
This system's function is to provide movement.
What is the muscular system?
The orbital region is located in this part of the body.
What is the eye region?
This is the study of tissues.
What is histology?
In a feedback loop, this component detects changes or imbalances.
What is a sensor or receptor?
This term means "closer to the body's surface."
What is superficial?
The main function of the nervous system is to sense stimuli and send these.
What are electrical impulses?
This body plane divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) parts.
What is the frontal (coronal) plane?
The three types of this tissue are skeletal, cardiac, and smooth.
What is muscle tissue?
This type of feedback loop works to reverse the initial change and is the most common type in the body.
What is negative feedback?
This imaginary plane divides the body into top and bottom halves.
What is the transverse (horizontal) plane?
This system functions in blood cell formation.
What is the skeletal system?
The nose is in this position relative to the spine.
What is anterior?
Unlike skeletal muscle, this type of muscle is involuntary and found only in the heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
A positive feedback loop is involved in this process, where oxytocin enhances uterine contractions.
What is childbirth?
A person's arm is in this position relative to their elbow.
What is proximal?
The brain and the spinal cord are the major organs of this body system.
What is the nervous system?
This directional term means "on the opposite side of the body."
What is contralateral?
The "listening end" of a neuron that collects signals from other cells.
What are dendrites?
In blood glucose regulation, this organ releases insulin to lower blood sugar levels.
What is the pancreas?
This plane is a vertical line that divides the body into equal right and left halves.
What is the midsagittal (median) plane?
This tissue type's main job is to cover and protect the body cavities and organs.
What is epithelial tissue?