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Anatomy & Physiology
Justice ch1 test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anatomy | the study of the structure and shape of body parts |
| physiology <(example of) | drawing blood from lab animals to determine their blood sugar level |
| structural organization of human body | chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, organ system, organismal |
| cell | smallest living unit of all living things |
| lymphatic system | picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it to the blood |
| urinary system | system that regulates water, electrolytes, and acid-base balance of the blood |
| Hematopoeisis is the function of | skeletal system |
| ovary | reproductive and endocrine |
| pancreas | The structure that delivers digestive enzymes to the small intestines are the |
| oxygen | survival need that is required in order to release energy from food |
| correct order of elements in a control system | stimulus, receptor, afferent pathway, control center, efferent pathway, effector, response |
| receptor | element of the control center that detects a change |
| anatomical position | forward |
| anterrior and ventral | the orientation and directional terms that have the same meaning ( in humans) |
| superficial and deep | have opposite meanings |
| anterrior body landmark | antecubital region |
| dorsal body landmark | scapular region |
| relationship between the patellar and femoral regions | DISTAL |
| thoracic and spinal activities | VENTRAL |
| LUNGS | LATERAL |
| occipital region | posterrior surface of head |
| navel region | umbilical region |
| spinal cavity | IS NOT a ventral cavity |