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98 Cards in this Set
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What are the levels of structural organization?
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Chemical, Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Organism |
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What are the major organ systems? |
Integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive |
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What is composed of two or more tissue types that together perform one or more common functions? |
Organ |
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What is a group of organs classified as a unit because of common function or set of functions? |
Organ system |
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What is any living thing considered as a whole? |
Organism |
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What is the scientific discipline that investigates the structure of the body? |
Anatomy
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What is the scientific discipline that deals with the processes or functions of living things? |
Physiology |
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What level of organization involves interactions between atoms? |
Chemical |
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What are the basic structural and functional units of organisms? |
Cells |
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What are the small structures that make up cells? |
Organelles |
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What are the 11 organ systems of the body?
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Integumentary, Skeletal, Muscular, Lymphatic, Digestive, Nervous, Endocrine, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Urinary, and Reproductive. |
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What organ system provides protection, regulates temperature, reduces water loss, and produces Vitamin D precursors?
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Integumentary |
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What does the Integumentary system consist of? |
skin, hair, nails, and sweat glands
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What organ system provides protection and support, allows body movements, produces blood cells, and stores minerals and fat? |
Skeletal |
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What does the skeletal system consist of? |
Bones, associated cartilages, ligaments, and joints |
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What organ system produces body movements, maintains posture, and produces body heat? |
Muscular |
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What does the muscular system consist of? |
Muscles attached to the skeleton by tendons |
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What organ system is a major regulatory system that detects sensations and controls movements, physiologic processes, and intellectual functions?
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Nervous |
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What does the nervous system consist of? |
Brain, spinal cord, nerves, and sensory receptors |
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What organ system is a major regulatory system that influences metabolism, growth, reproductive, and many other functions? |
Endocrine |
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What does the endocrine system consist of? |
Glands that secrete hormones |
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What organ system transports nutrients, waste products, gases, and hormones throughout the body; plays a role in the immune response and the regulation of body temperature? |
Cardiovascular |
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What does the cardiovascular system consist of? |
Heart, blood, and blood vessels |
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What organ system removes foreign substances from the blood and lymph, combats disease, maintains tissue fluid balance, transports fats from the digestive tract? |
Lymphatic |
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What does the lymphatic system consist of? |
Lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, and other organs |
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What organ system exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide between the blood and air and regulates blood pH? |
Respiratory |
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What does the respiratory system consist of? |
lungs and respiratory passages |
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What organ system performs the mechanical and chemical processes of digestion, absorption of nutrients, and elimination of wastes? |
Digestive |
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What does the digestive system consist of? |
Mouth, esophagus, stomach, intestines, and accessory organs |
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What organ system removes waste products from the blood and regulates blood pH, ion balance, and water balance? |
Urinary |
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What does the urinary system consist of? |
Kidneys, urinary bladder, and ducts that carry urine |
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What organ system produces oocytes and is the site of fertilization and fetal development; produces milk for the newborn; produces hormones that influence sexual functions and behaviors? |
Female reproductive |
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What does the female reproductive system consist of?
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Ovaries, vagina, uterus, mammary glands, and associated structures. |
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What organ system produces and transfers sperm cells to the female and produces hormones that influence sexual functions and behaviors?
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Male Reproductive |
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What does the Male Reproductive system consist of? |
testes, accessory structures, ducts, and penis. |
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what is the existence and maintenance of a relatively constant environment within the body? |
Homeostasis
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What maintains homeostasis?
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Negative Feedback Mechanisms |
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How does a negative feedback mechanism work? |
Maintains variation within a normal range. When a change is detected, it works with the needed organs and systems to level the change back out. An example is change is blood pressure. |
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What are the three components of negative feedback mechanisms? |
Receptor (monitors the value of a variable), control center (receives information about the variable from the receptor, establishes the set point, and controls the effector, and the effector (produces responses that change the value of a variable). |
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What is an example of a positive feedback mechanism? Are these normal?
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Child Birth. No,
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What position refers to a person standing erect with the face directed forward, upper limbs hanging to the side, and palms of the hands facing forward? |
Anatomical |
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What position refers to a person laying face up? |
Supine |
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What position refers to a person laying face down? |
Prone |
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What is a structure above another |
Superior |
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What is a structure below another
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inferior |
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What is a structure closer to the head than another |
Cephalic |
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What is a structure closer to the tail than another? |
Caudal |
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What direction is the front of the body? |
Anterior |
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What direction is the back of the body? |
Posterior |
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What is toward the belly? |
Ventral |
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What is toward the back? |
Dorsal |
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What is closer to the point of attachment to the body than another? |
Proximal |
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What is farther from the point of attachment to the body than another? |
Distal |
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What is away from the midline of the body?
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Lateral |
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What is toward the midline of the body |
Medial |
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What is toward or on the surface? |
Superficial |
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What is away from the surface? |
Deep |
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What is the anatomical name of the forehead? |
frontal |
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What is the anatomical name of the eye? |
orbital |
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What is the anatomical name of the mouth? |
oral |
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What is the anatomical name of the neck> |
cervical
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What is the anatomical name of the chest? |
pectoral |
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What is the anatomical name of the breastbone? |
sternal |
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What is the anatomical name of the breast? |
mammary |
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What is the anatomical name of the naval? |
Umbilical |
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What is the anatomical name of the groin? |
inguinal |
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What is the anatomical name of the thigh |
femoral |
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what is the anatomical name of the kneecap |
patella |
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What is the anatomical name of the leg? |
Crural |
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What is the anatomical name of the foot? |
pedal |
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What is the anatomical name of the ankle? |
talus |
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What is the anatomical name of the top of the foot? |
dorsum |
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What is the anatomical name of the toes? |
digital |
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What is the anatomical name of the hip |
coxal |
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What is the anatomical name of the hand |
manual |
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What is the anatomical name of the palm? |
palmar |
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What is the anatomical name of the wrist? |
carpal |
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What is the anatomical name of the forearm? |
Antebrachial |
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What is the anatomical name of the front of the elbow?
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Antecubital |
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What is the anatomical name of the arm? |
brachial |
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What is the anatomical name os the armpit? |
axillary |
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What is the anatomical name of the collarbone
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clavicular |
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What is the anatomical name of the chin |
Mental |
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What is the anatomical name of the cheek |
Buccal |
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What is the anatomical name of the ear? |
otic |
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What plane runs vertical through the body and separates it into right and left parts? |
sagittal |
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What is the sagittla plan that passes through the midline of the body and divides it into equal right and left halves?
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median
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What plane runs parallel to the surface of the ground and divides the body into superior and inferior parts?
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transverse or horizontal |
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What plane runs vertically from left to right and divides the body into anterior and posterior parts? |
frontal or coronal |
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What are the three cavities in the trunk of the body |
thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic
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What is the inner membrane closest to the organ?
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visceral serous membrane |
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What is the membrane farthest from the organ?
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parietal serous membrane |
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What cavity surround the heart?
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pericardial cavity |
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What cavity surrounds each lung? |
Pleural cavity |
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What serous membrane lined cavity is located in the abdominopelvic cavity? |
peritoneal cavity |
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What divides the thoracic cavity?
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mediastinum |
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What is located in the mediastinum? |
Esophagus, trachea, blood vessels, thymus, and heart |
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