Directional Terms
Body Cavities
Organ Systems
Life
Miscellaneous
Tissues
100
What is the term for "away from the longitudinal axis"?
What is lateral?
100
What is another word for macroscopic when referring to anatomy?
What is gross?
100
Main function of the respiratory system?
Gas exchange, taking in oxygen and getting rid of carbon dioxide
100
What is the term for all chemical operations within the body?
What is metabolism?
100
What type of microscopic anatomy examines tissues?
What is Histology?
100
Tissues are are groups of __________ that work together towards a common goal.
Cells
200
What is the term for "towards an attached base"?
What is proximal?
200
What type of anatomy requires magnification?
What is microscopic anatomy?
200
Name the three components of the integumentary system
Hair skin and nails
200
How do multicellular organisms grow?
What is multicellular organisms grow by increasing the number of cells they have.
200
What structure in the human body divides the ventral cavity into the thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavity?
What is the diaphragm?
200
Name the types of tissues in the human body
Epithelial tissue
Connective tissue
Muscle tissue
Nervous tissue
300
The head is _____________ (superior or inferior) to the neck.
What is superior?
300
What type of macroscopic anatomy would study superficial markings and internal structures of the thoracic area?
What is regional anatomy?
300
This system defends, deflects and destroys infectious agents that make their way into the body.
What is the immune and lymphatic system.
300
Jumping because someone startled you is what type of responsiveness?
What is irritability?
300
What type of feedback triggers a response that corrects the situation?
What is negative feedback?
300
Name the 3 types of muscle tissue and each types function
Skeletal -
muscles attached to bones that control voluntary movement
Smooth:
muscles that involuntarily propel substances or objects along internal passageways
Cardiac:
muscles of the heart that involuntarily contract to propel blood into circulation throughout the body
400
Moving medially from the eyes, what structure do you come to?
What is the nose?
400
What type of macroscopic anatomy would deal with superficial markings?
What is surface anatomy?
400
Nervous system main function
What is collect, process and respond to sensory information; control voluntary and involuntary (reflex) actions?
400
From smallest to largest, what are the living levels of organization within an organism?
What is cell, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism?
400
The name for the position the human body is generally in.
What is Anatomical Position?
400
What are the 4 types of connective tissue?
Connective tissue proper, Bone, Cartilage, and Blood
500
The fingers are ____________ (proximal or distal) to the hand.
What is distal?
500
What kind of macroscopic anatomy would deal with a major organ system such as the respiratory system?
What is systemic anatomy?
500
What are the main functions in the Endocrine system?
Hypothalamus and glands (pituitary, adrenal, and thyroid)
500
What is the term for maintaining an internal environment?
What is homeostasis?
500
What plane is this?
What is transverse?
500
Name this epithelium
What is Stratified Columnar Epithelium?