Directional terms
The plane that separates the anterior and posterior
What is the frontal (coronal) plane?
The system that supports the body and enables movement
What is the skeletal system?
The upper middle abdominal region
What is the epigastric region?
A feedback loop that reverses a deviation from normal parameters
What is negative feedback loop?
A form of high energy electromagnetic radiation with a short wavelength capable of penetrating solids & ionising glass
What is X-ray?
A position in a limb that is nearer to the point of attachment or the trunk of the body
What is proximal?
Encloses internal body structures and is the site of many sensory receptors
What is the integumentary system?
The largest cavity in the body
What is the abdominopelvic cavity?
The three basic components of a negative feedback loop
What are the sensor, control centre and effector?
A non-invasive imaging technique that is often used to scan soft tissue which exposes the subject to radiation.
What is a Computed Tomography (CT) scan?
Back or direction toward the back of the body.
What is posterior?
The system that removes carbon dioxide from the body and delivers oxygen to blood
What is the respiratory system?
One of the thin membranes that cover the walls and organs in the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities
What is a serous membrane?
This component monitors a physiological value, which is reported to the control centre
What is a sensor?
A non invasive imaging technique that exposes matter to magnetic field and radio waves
What is a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan?
Farther from the surface of the body.
What is deep?
A system that includes the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves
What is the nervous system?
The cavity that houses the brain
What is the cranial cavity?
A feedback loop that intensifies a deviation from normal parameters
What is positive feedback loop?
An imaging technique involving the use of radiopharmaceuticals
What is a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan?
Side or direction toward the side of the body.
The system that returns fluid to blood and defends against pathogens
What is the lymphatic system?
Brain and spine are protected by bones of skull, vertebral column and by this
What is cerebrospinal fluid?
An example of this is sweat glands being activated throughout the body
What is an effector?
The least invasive of all imaging techniques
What is Ultrasonography (ultrasound)?