Vocabulary
Body Planes
Body Cavities
Physiological Processes
Misc.
100
What is the study of the structure of the human body?
Anatomy
100
What plane divides your spine into left and right halves?
Sagittal Plane
100
Name one cavity in the posterior cavity.
Cranial or spinal cavity
100
What system supports the body?
Skeletal system
100
What is the first step in the scientific method?
Identify a research question
200
What is the study of the function in the human body?
Physiology
200
What plane divides the body into superior and inferior portions?
Transverse plane
200
What cavity are the heart and lungs located in?
Thoracic Cavity
200
Within the levels of organization, what comes after cells?
Tissues
200
What is the term for big molecules being broken down into smaller molecules?
Catabolism
300
This term means away from the midline
Lateral
300
What Plane divides the body vertically into anterior and posterior portions?
Frontal Plane
300
In what body cavity would you find the stomach?
Abdominal cavity
300
What system eliminates waste?
Urinary system
300
What is the speed in which the body consumes energy?
Metabolic rate
400
This term means closer to the attachment site of the trunk.
Proximal
400
The three major anatomical planes are:
A. Median, midsagittal, and frontal
B. Transverse, cross, and median
C. Cross, sagittal, and back
D. Sagittal, frontal, and transverse
D. Sagittal, Frontal, and Transverse
400
What is the organ that separates the thoracic and abdominal cavity?
Diaphragm
400
Name an example of something that the body needs to regulate to stay in homeostasis.
Examples: body temp, blood pressure, blood sugar, water balance, sodium level, pH
400
What measures mass in the metric system?
Kilogram
500
What is the term for maintaining an internal environment?
Homeostasis
500
Sagittal Plane is also referred to as?
Median or midsagittal
500
Label D on the diagram
abdominopelvic
500
What type of feedback triggers a negative reaction in the opposite direction?
Negative feedback loop
500
What is an accurate explanation of some aspect of the natural world and is tested through the scientific method?
A scientific theory