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Ch. 2 - Exercises
Exercises and Answers
Question | Answer |
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Produces urine and sends it out of the body | Urinary |
Secretes hormones that are carried by blood to other organs | Endocrine |
Supports the body and helps it move | Musculoskeletal |
Takes food into the body and breaks it down to be absorbed into the bloodstream | Digestive |
Transports blood containing nutrients, gases and other substances through the body | Circulatory |
Moves air into and out of the body | Respiratory |
Produces the cell that unite to form a new baby | Reproductive |
Receives messages from the environment and sends them to the brain | Skin and sense organs |
Carries electrical messages to and from the brain and spinal cord | Nervous |
Brain | Nervous |
Catilage | Musculoskeletal |
Kidney | Urinary |
Intestines | Digestive |
Heart | Cardiovascular |
Bronchial Tubes | Respiratory |
Uterus | Female reproductive |
Retina | Skin and sense |
Adrenal Glands | Endocrine |
Testes | Male reproductive |
Space located within the bones of the hip (cavity and organ) | Pelvic, urinary, bladder, uterus |
Space located within the skull (cavity and organ) | Cranial, brain |
Space located within the chest (cavity and organ) | Thoracic, lungs, heart |
Space located within the abdomen (cavity and organ) | Abdominal, stomach |
Space located within the backbones (cavity and organ) | Spinal, spinal cord |
The bones of the hip are the | Pelvis |
The muscle separating the chest and abdomen is the | Diaphragm |
The membrane surrounding the organs in the abdomen is the | Peritoneum |
The membrane surrounding the lungs is the | Pleura |
The space between the lungs in the chest is the | Mediastinum |
The space that contains organs such as the stomach liver gallbladder and intestines is the | Abdomen |
The backbones are the | Spinal column |
The nerves running down the back form the | Spinal cord |
A single backbone is a | Vertebra |
A piece of cartilage in between two backbones is a | Disc |
Pertaining to the back | Posterior |
Pertaining to the front | Anterior |
A plane that divides the body into an upper and lower part | Transverse (axial) |
An imaging study that magnetic waves, all three planes of the body are viewed | MRI |
A plane that divides the body into right and left parts | Sagittal Plane |
Flexible connective tissue found between bones and joints | Cartilage |
A plane that divides the body into front and back parts | Frontal Plane |
Series of cross sectional x ray images | CT Scan |