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Bio168 Part 1
Question | Answer |
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What organelle is responsible for breaking down organic molecules (i.e proteins and carbohydrates) inside cells? | Lysosomes |
What organelle increases surface area of cells to aid in absorption and secretion? | Microvilli |
closest to midline or moving towards midline | Medial |
Farthest from midline or moving away from midline | lateral |
closest to point of attachment | proximal |
Farthest from point of attachment | distal |
Front of body | Anterior or ventral |
Back of the body | Posterior and Dorsal |
plane separating the body into a right and left half | Sagittal Plane |
Plane separating body in front and back half | Frontal or coronal plane |
Plane separating top and bottom (does not have to be equal parts) | Transverse or Horizontal Plane |
Top of | Superior |
Bottom of | Inferior |
Pertaining to the head | Cranial |
a hollow space surrounded by the rib cage and the diaphragm that contains the heart, lungs, esophagus, thymus. , sympathetic trunk, and the great vessels. It comprises three compartments: two pleural cavities and the. mediastinum. | Thoracic |
body cavity that consists of the abdominal cavity and the pelvic cavity. | Abdominopelvic |
existing or occurring at or on the surface | Superficial |
the tissue that divides the thoracic cavity into two pleural cavities | Mediastinum |