Wiley Anatomy and Physiology Chapter 1
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?
