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Identity
Communication
Power-Water, Food, Oxygen
Directional and Regional Terms
Movement
100
A group of body organs or structures that together perform one or more vital functions.
What is system
100
The part of the nervous system which in vertebrates consists of the brain and spinal cord, to which sensory impulses are transmitted and from which motor impulses pass out, and which supervises and coordinates the activity of the entire nervous system.
What is Central Nervous System
100
The maintenance of relatively stable internal physiological conditions (as body temperature or the pH of blood) in higher animals under fluctuating environmental conditions.
What is homeostasis
100
The heart is located _______ to the diaphragm.
Superior
100
A white fibrous cord of dense regular connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone.
What is a tendon
200
An integrated group of cells with a common structure and function.
What is tissue
200
Which produces and secretes many hormones that regulate diverse body functions.
What is the pituitary gland
200
The process of making food absorbable by mechanically and enzymatically breaking it down into simpler chemical compounds in the alimentary canal.
What is digestion
200
The muscles are _______ to the skin.
Deep
200
An instrument for measuring angles (as of a joint or the skull)
What is goniometer
300
The longest and largest bone in the human body.
What is the femur
300
A specialist in medical and surgical eye problems.
What is an ophthalmologist.
300
A brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.
What is resume
300
The regional term for buttocks
What is gluteal
300
An articulation (as the hip joint) in which the rounded head of one bone fits into a cuplike cavity of the other and admits movement in any direction
What is ball and socket joint.
400
The measurement and analysis of unique physical or behavioral characteristics (as fingerprint or voice patterns) especially as a means of verifying personal identity.
What is biometrics
400
This area controls the breathing and blood pressure.
What is the brain stem
400
Hormone produced by the neurosecretory cells in the hypothalamus that stimulates water reabsorption from kidney tubule cells into the blood and vasoconstriction of arterioles.
What is ADH (Anti diuretic Hormone)
400
The regional term for lower back
What is lumbar
400
The two muscle tissue are striated
What is skeletal and cardiac muscle
500
These bones are used to determine an individual height.
What is femur and humerus
500
This response activates the neuron to initiate and transmit a long distance signal.
What is action potential.
500
Urine is filtrated through this part of the nephron.
What is Bowman's Capsule
500
A neurosurgeon orders a spinal tap for a patient. Into what body cavity will the needle be inserted?
What is dorsal
500
An unbending movement around a joint in a limb (as the knee or elbow) that increases the angle between the bones of the limb at the joint.
What is Extension