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Weeks 1-5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are the two major cavities of the human body? | ventral & dorsal |
| what region of the abdomen is the gallbladder located? | right hypochondriac |
| what are the levels of organization of the body from smallest to largest? | chemical, organelle, cellular, tissue, organ, system, organism. |
| what plane divides the body into right and left sides | sagittal |
| what plane divides the body into upper and lower parts | transverse |
| what section divides the body into front and back portions | frontal |
| what plane divides the body into anterior and posterior portions | coronal |
| how many abdominal regions are there | 9 |
| what are molecules | atoms combined to form larger chemical aggregates. |
| what is it called when a molecule of water is removed from another molecule | dehydration synthesis |
| what kind of bond is created when a positive and a negative ion are attracting each other. | ionic bond |
| What happens when hydrogen ions increase? | solution becomes more acidic |
| A solution that contains a greater concentration of hydroxide ions than hydrogen ions. (acidic, alkaline, or neutral) | alkaline (basic) |
| what kind of reaction happens when substances are combined to form more complex substances | synthesis |
| what type of junction are epithelial cells held tight together | desmosomes |
| which organelle is called the microtubule organizing center | centrosome |
| what tissue does not have a blood supply and does not heal quickly | cartilage |
| what are the layers of the epidermis from most superficial | stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, stratum spinosum, stratum basale |
| what are the 3 skin glands | sweat, sebaceous, and ceruminous |
| what fluid environment fills the spaces between the cells of the body? | extracellular matrix (ECM) |
| what are the primary germ layers | endoderm, ectoderm, and mesoderm |
| what are the 2 layers of the dermis | papillary layer and reticular layer |
| what muscle contains intercalated discs | cardiac muscle |
| what is the most abundant tissue | connective tissue |
| what structures hold the foot bones firmly in their arched position ? | ligaments and tendons |
| what are the 4 types of bones | flat, irregular, short, long |
| what type of soft, diffuse connective tissue is bone marrow | myeloid tissue |
| the skeletal system is divided into 2 main parts | axial and appendicular skeletons |
| what bone is the longest and heaviest | femur |
| what is the main shaft portion of a long bone called | diaphysis |