The least complex level of organization in the human body
What is an atom (or atomic)?
100
A state of balance in which the body's internal environment remains in the normal range
What is homeostasis?
100
Organ system responsible for moving air in and out of the lungs and exchanging gases between the blood and air
What is the respiratory system?
100
The term for the arm
What is brachial?
100
This term means the study of the function of body parts
What is physiology?
200
The most complex level of organization int he human body
What is an organism?
200
Type of feedback mechanism where a change from the set point is corrected and returned to set point
What is negative feedback?
200
The organ system that contains all the glands that secrete hormones
What is the endocrine system?
200
This term means "closer to the point of attachment"
What is proximal?
200
Arrange the following terms related to negative feedback in order as they operate to maintain homeostasis.
1-control center 2-effector 3-receptor 4-response 5-stimulus
What is 5, 3, 1, 2, 4?
300
Layers of tissues that work together to perform a common function
What is an organ?
300
Type of feedback mechanism where a change from the set point is amplified (made larger)
What is positive feedback?
300
The organ system responsible for removing waste from the blood and helping to maintain the body's water and salt concentration
What is the urinary system?
300
This type of cut divides the body into anterior and posterior portions
What is a coronal (or frontal) cut?
300
This term refers to the skull
What is cranial?
400
Groups of cells that work together to perform a common function
What is a tissue?
400
An example of this type of feedback is the production of milk by the mammary glands. When a baby suckles on a nipple, the suckling causes the mammary glands to make more milk.
What is positive feedback?
400
The organ system that contains the heart, arteries, veins, capillaries and blood
What is the cardiovascular system?
400
This directional term describes the position of your eyes relative to the upper part of your nose
What is lateral?
400
This directional term describes the position of the fingers relative to the wrist
What is distal?
500
Place the following in order from least complex to most complex:
cell, organism, organ system, tissue, organ
What is cell > tissue > organ > organ system > organism?
500
An example of this type of feedback is the control of body temperature. When your body temperature rises, your blood vessels widen and you sweat to bring your temperature back down.
What is negative feedback?
500
The organ system that produces blood cells and stores inorganic salts
What is the skeletal system?
500
This directional term describes the position of your belly button relative to your spine
What is anterior?
500
This directional term describes the position of the muscles relative to the skin