General Vocab
Feedback Loops
DEATH!
Body Vocab
Body Systems & Vitals
100
The maintenance of an organism's internal environment is called...
Homeostasis
100
Oxytocin in the body causing contractions during childbirth is an example of what kind of feedback loop?
Positive Feedback Loop
100
What does "postmortem" mean?
After death
100
What is the term meaning toward the head or upper part of a structure?
Superior
100
Which system includes bones, cartilage, and ligaments and provides support and protection for the body
Skeletal System
200
The flow of particles from an area of high concentration to low concentration...
Diffusion
200
Release of insulin and glucagon from the pancreas are examples of what kind of feedback loop?
Negative feedback loop
200
Stiffening of the joints and muscles of a body a few hours after death, usually lasting from one to four days
Rigor Mortis
200
What is the type of anatomical plane that splits the body into a top and a bottom half?
Transverse plane or Axial plant
200
Which system delivers oxygen, nutrients, and hormones to the cells and remove waste products.
The Cardiovascular System
300
What is the order of the levels of organization using the words: tissues, organ system, molecules, organism, organelle, atoms, cell, and organs
atoms --> molecules --> cells --> tissues --> organs --> organ systems --> organism
300
After you eat a snack with carbohydrates in it and blood sugar rises what will happen to the body?
The pancreas will release insulin
300
The term for someone who studies bugs and crime (specifically at murder scenes)
Forensic Entomologist
300
The term describing a body part that is closer to the point of attachment of a limb to the trunk. (The elbow is ______ to the wrist)
Proximal
Opposite Word ~ The fingers are distal to the wrist -- because the fingers are further from the trunk of the body
300
Which system protects tissues and regulates temperature
Integumentary System
400
Something that causes a response of an organism...
Stimuli
400
In a feedback loop the control center signals the _________ to cause a response in order to return to the set point.
Effectors (muscles or glands)
400
Around 10 days after death acids and facts in the body can react to create soap. What is this called
Saponification
400
This compartment forms a boundary between the right and left sides of the thoracic cavity
Mediastinum
400
Name two ways that the body maintains balance during hot weather/working out
sweating & dilation of blood vessels to release heat
500
A hormone that decreases blood glucose levels
insulin
500
What are the two major organ systems that are primarily responsible for controlling and coordinating the body's homeostatic responses.
The nervous and endocrine systems
500
When cells/tissues die or deteriorate due to the body's own digestive enzymes.
Autolysis
500
What is the structure that surrounds the heart?
Pericardial membranes
500
If you blood pressure gets too low, what will the body do to increase blood pressure?
Increase heart rate