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Test 1
Regions, Cavitiy, Systems, Functions, Short Ans.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cardiovascular system | transports nutrients, wastes, and gases throughout the body |
| digestive system | converts food molecules into forms that are absorbed |
| endocrine system | main system that secrete hormones |
| integumentary system | provides an outer covering of the body |
| lymphatic system | transports excess fluid from tissues to blood |
| muscular system | maintains posture and generates most body heat |
| nervous system | stimulates muscles to contract and interprets information from sensory units |
| reproductive system | produces new organisms |
| respiratory system | exchanges gases between air and blood |
| skeletal system | provides framework for softer tissues and produces blood cells in red marrow |
| urinary system | removes liquid and wastes from blood and transports them outside |
| Anatomy | structure/ made of |
| Physiology | function/ purpose |
| maintaining boundaries | integumentary system |
| movement | muscular system |
| responsiveness | nervous system |
| digestion | digestive system |
| metabolism | endocrine system |
| excretion | urinary system |
| growth | endocrine system |
| homeostasis | ability to maintain equilibrium as outside changes stimulus/ receptor/ input to control center/ output to effector/ response |
| necessary for survival | nutrients, oxygen, water, temperature, pressure |
| necessary to maintain life | boundaries, movement, responsiveness, digestion, metabolism, excretion, reproduction, growth |
| midsagittal section | right left |
| frontal section | anterior posterior |
| transverse section | inferior superior |
| cranial cavity | head |
| spinal cavity | spine |
| thoracic cavity | lungs heart |
| abdominal cavity | intestines |
| pelvic cavity | vagina |
| abdominopelvic cavity | abdominal/ pelvic cavities |
| ventral body cavity | front cavity |
| dorsal body cavity | back cavity |
| R/L hypochondriac regions | top |
| R/L lumbar regions | middle |
| R/L iliac regions | bottom |
| epigastric region | top |
| umbilical region | middle |
| hypogastric region | bottom |