Directionality & Planes
What term describes a structure closer to the point of limb attachment?
What is proximal?
This organ uses acid and enzymes to chemically digest proteins.
What is the stomach?
Maintaining a stable internal environment is known as this.
What is homeostasis?
Which organ system includes nephrons and directly regulates blood pH?
What is the excretory (urinary) system?
Which pathway? A clinician designs exercises to restore mobility after knee surgery.
What is the Therapeutic pathway?
The heart is ___ to the sternum and ___ to the lungs.
What is posterior and medial?
This organ is the primary site of nutrient absorption.
What is the small intestine?
Insulin lowering blood glucose is an example of this feedback.
What is negative feedback?
Which TWO organ systems must work together for oxygen to reach body cells?
What are the respiratory and cardiovascular systems?
Which pathway? A professional contributes to patient care indirectly by maintaining a clean, functional environment.
What is the Support Services pathway?
A cross-section MRI dividing the body into top and bottom uses this plane.
What is the transverse plane?
This paired organ is located in the lower back on either side of the spine.
What are the kidneys?
Which body system releases insulin and glucagon?
What is the endocrine system?
Which organ system would be MOST affected first if enzymes stopped functioning?
What is the digestive system?
Which pathway? A professional works on gene therapy to treat genetic disorders.
What is the Biotechnology pathway?
Which plane would best show both kidneys at the same time?
What is the coronal plane?
Failure of this organ would most directly disrupt blood pressure, pH, and fluid balance.
What are the kidneys?
Why would enzyme failure cause total system collapse?
What is because enzymes control chemical reactions necessary for organ function?
This system controls both voluntary and involuntary movements outside the brain and spinal cord.
What is the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?
A professional analyzes hospital data to improve patient outcomes and efficiency.
What is the Health Informatics pathway?
An oblique incision that shows part of the liver and stomach violates which two standard anatomical planes?
What are sagittal and coronal planes?
This organ produces enzymes for digestion AND releases hormones that regulate blood sugar.
What is the pancreas?
Childbirth continues until birth occurs because the response amplifies the stimulus until an ________ is reached.
What is endpoint?
This system protects the body and detects touch, pain, and temperature.
What is the integumentary system?
A medical professional determines the cause of symptoms using tests and data.
What is the Diagnostic pathway?