Wiley Anatomy and Physiology Chapter 1

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Posterior

What anatomical term describes the back of the body?

Anterior

What anatomical term describes the front of the body?

Cells

What are the basic structural and functional units of an organism?

Chemical, Cellular, Tissue, Organ, System, Organismal

What are the six levels of organization in the human body?

Metabolism, Responsiveness, Movement, Growth, Differentiation, Reproduction

What are the six life processes of humans?

Cranial, Thoracic, Abdominopelvic

What are the three main cavities of the body?

Palpation, Auscultation, Percussion

What are three ways that a medical professional can inspect the body to assess change and health?

Tissue

What is a group of cells and the materials surrounding them that work to preform a particular function?

Autopsy

What is a postmortem examination of the body and internal organs?

Homeostasis

What is it called when the body's internal environment is in balance and equilibrium?

Organs

What is it called when tissues join together to form a recognizable shape with a specific function?

Molecule

What is it called when to or more atoms are joined together?

Movement

What is motion of the whole body?

Responsiveness

What is the body's ability to detect and respond to change?

Differentiation

What is the development of a cell from an unspecialized to a specialized state called?

Diaphragm

What is the dome shaped muscle that separates the thoracic region from the abdominal region of the body?

Interstitial Fluid

What is the fluid between cells and tissues called?

Extracellular Fluid

What is the fluid outside cells called?

Intracellular Fluid

What is the fluid within cells called?

Visceral

What is the name of the inner layer of the Serous Membrane?

Parietal

What is the name of the outer layer of the Serous Membrane?

Prone

What is the position when the body is lying face down?

Supine

What is the position with the body is lying face up?

Catabolism

What is the process of breaking down complex chemical substances into simpler components?

Anabolism

What is the process of building up complex chemical substances to form smaller, simpler components?

Disorder, Disease, Death

What is the result of homeostatic imbalances over time?

System

What is the result of related organs with a common function being put together?

Anatomy

What is the science of body structure and relationships among them?

Physiology

What is the science of how body parts function?

Peritoneum

What is the serous membrane of the abdomen called?

Pericardium

What is the serous membrane of the heart called?

Pleura

What is the serous membrane of the lungs called?

Atom

What is the smallest unit of matter?

Metabolism

What is the sum of the chemical processes that occur in the body?

Organism

What is the term for a living individual, with all parts functioning together?

Serous Membrane

What is the thin, slippery, double layer membrane that covers viscera and lines cavity walls?

Superior

Which anatomical term describes being closer to the head?

Inferior

Which anatomical term describes being further away from the head?

Distal

Which anatomical term describes further away from the attachment of a limb to the trunk?

Proximal

Which anatomical term describes nearer to the attachment of a limb to the trunk?

Oblique

Which plane cuts through a region of the body at an angle?

Midsagittal

Which plane divides the body equally into right and left sides?

Frontal

Which plane divides the body into anterior and posterior portions?

Transverse

Which plane divides the body into superior and inferior portions?

Parasagittal

Which plane divides the body unequally into right and left sides?

Sagittal

Which plane is vertical and divides the body into right and left sections?

Medial

Which term means closer to the midline?

Lateral

Which term means further away from the midline?


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