Levels of Organization & Body Systems
It is comprised of similar cells with a common function.
What is a tissue?
The pituitary gland produces a growth hormone for this life function.
What is growth?
Within the ventral body cavity, this is inferior to the thoracic cavity.
What is abdominal?
When face-to-face with a patient, left and right body parts are to this perspective.
What is a patient?
The thoracic cavity is superior to this plane.
What is transverse?
Organelles make up much of this.
What is the cell?
This survival need is necessary for metabolism.
What are nutrients?
The Central Nervous System (CNS - brain & spinal cord) is in this body cavity.
What is dorsal?
The shin is this term from the foot.
What is proximal?
The right hand of the patient is to the right of this plane.
What is medial?
This tissue provides movement for all body parts.
What is a muscle?
This life function is helpful when you smell smoke and save some cookies from burning.
What is responsiveness?
The urinary bladder and internal sexual organs are found in this cavity.
What is pelvic?
This is another term for ventral.
What is anterior?
A scratch is considered this type of wound.
What is superficial?
A body system that transports nutrients and gases through blood vessels.
What is circulatory?
Sweating reduces your body temperature, an example of this body system’s function.
What is Integumentary?
The plural cavities contain these organs where oxygen diffuses into the circulatory system.
What are the lungs?
This is another term for posterior.
What is dorsal?
The ventral cavities are lined with this double-layered membrane.
What is serosa?
A body system that helps fight infections and includes the thymus gland.
What is Lymphatic?
Two answers: if you drink more water than you need, this system removes the excess; this type of feedback loop maintains homeostasis.
What is the Excretory? What is negative?
This is medial of the plural cavities.
What is pericardial?
Two terms can be used to describe the location of the skull from the sternum.
What is superior and cranial?
The right upper quadrant (RUQ) contains this digestive organ.
What is the liver or gall bladder?