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Tanishea Hughes
Anatomy Midterm Stack
| terms | questions |
|---|---|
| Which organs are found in the ventral body cavity? | Heart, lungs, stomach, liver, trachea, esophagus, pancreas, gall bladder, spleen, kidneys, small/large intestines, ureters and reproductive organs. |
| The planes of the body are | Sagittal, frontal (coronal) and Transverse |
| What are the 2 main cavities of the body | Ventral and Dorsal |
| Another name for plasma membrane | Cell membrane |
| The control center is the | Nucleus |
| Anterior means | towards the front surface |
| Medial means | towards the midline |
| Posterior means | towards the back surface |
| Proximal means | Closer to the trunk of the body |
| Distal means | Away from the trunk of the body |
| An example of a catabolic process is | hydrolysis |
| A soultion that contains a greater concentration of hydroxide ions (OH-) than hydrogen ions (H+) is an ______ solution | Alkaline (basic) |
| An ionic bond is formed by | a positive and negative ion attracting each other |
| Which of the following bonds is the weakest | Hydrogen |
| How do vesicles move from place to place in an organized way within the cell | molecular motors pull them along the microtubules and microfilaments of the cytoskeleton |
| what is the principal type of tissue | connective, muscle, nervous, epithelial |
| What are the 2 layers that make the skin | dermis and epidermis |
| What kind of tissue is adipose tissue | storage tissue |
| The fluid enviroment that fills the spaces between the cells of teh body is called | extracellular matrix |
| Where is the mandible found | In head region |
| what are the types of bones | flat, irregular, short and long |
| what is spongy bone | open spaces partially filled by an assemblage of needle like structures |
| In the pelvic cavity what bone is most anterior | pubis |
| The main shaft of a long bone | diaphysis |
| Bone that does NOT articulate with any other bone | hyoid |