Levels of
Organization
Organization
Random A&P
Necessary Life
Functions
Functions
Directional Terms
Body Planes &
Cavities
Cavities
Body Systems
100
The smallest unit of living things.
A cell.
100
The way that the thumbs point for proper anatomical position.
What is outwards? (Pointing out)
100
To increase in size or amount.
What is growth?
100
The brain is _______ to the stomach.
What is superior?
100
These are the two main types of body cavities.
What are ventral and dorsal?
100
This system is made up of the heart and blood vessels.
What is the cardiovascular system?
200
The liver.
What is an organ?
200
The part of a feedback loop that receives the change in stimulus.
What is the receptor?
200
These are all activities promoted by the muscular system. (Only uses skeletal muscles)
What is movement?
200
The heart is _________ to the lungs.
What is medial?
200
This cavity is home to the heart and lungs (main organs).
What is the thoracic cavity?
200
This system breaks down our foods so we can obtain nutrients and make ATP.
What is the digestive system?
300
A llama.
What is an organism?
300
The region of the abdominopelvic cavity that is above the umbilical region.
What is the epigastric region?
300
Ridding the body of waste, in forms like sweat and feces.
What is excretion?
300
The knee is ___________ to the hip bone.
What is distal?
300
This plane perfectly separates the body into right and left halves.
What is midsagittal?
300
This body systems/ function is to constantly supply the body with the oxygen it needs via alveoli.
What is the respiratory system?
400
Cardiovascular.
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What is an organ system?
400
This pathway of a feedback loop moves information from the control center to the effector.
What is the efferent pathway?
400
The ability of the body to sense changes in the environment and react.
What is responsiveness (or irritability)?
400
The ear is ________ to the eardrum.
What is superficial?
400
This type of plane is also called a cross section.
What is a transverse plane?
400
Name two 'organs' of the integumentary system.
What are hair, skin, and nails?
500
Cardiac muscle.
What is a tissue?
500
The body region of the groin.
What is inguinal?
500
All chemical reactions that occur in the body and body tissues.
What is metabolism?
500
The lungs are __________ to the sternum and arm.
What is intermediate?
500
When viewing a coronal scan, this is the view of the organs that you would have.
What is a equal view of both the right and left sides of the body (or an organ).
500
This system is made up of different glands all over the body to regulate hormones.
What is the endocrine system?