Basic AP Vet Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
This term is used for something you *can't* see with the naked eye. | Microscopic |
This term is used for something that you can see *with* the naked eye. | Macroscopic |
Another term for macroscopic anatomy is... | Gross Anatomy |
What is the form and structure of the body and it's parts? | Anatomy |
What is the term for how the body moves or what it does? | Physiology |
What is the term for the left and the right halves of an animal's body that are essentially mirrored images? | Bilateral Symmetry |
What lines the abdominal cavity? | Peritoneum |
What covers the abdominal organs? | Visceral |
What is the layer that lines the entire cavity? | Parietal |
What is it called when a wound penetrates the abdomen from the outside and ruptures the GI tract? | Peritonitis |
These are the basic functional units of an animal's life and can live, eat, eliminate waste, and divide? | Cells |
Specialized cells grouped together to form what? | Tissue |
How many basic tissues is the entire body made up of? | Four (4) |
What are the four (4) basic tissues the body is made up of? | Epithelial, Connective, Muscle, and Nervous |
What are the three (3) types of muscles found in the body? | Skeletal, Cardiac, and Smooth |
What is the job of the Skeletal Muscles? | They move bones. |
What is the job of the Cardiac Muscles? | Makes up the heart. |
What are the Smooth Muscles found? | Found in the internal organs. |
Can you control the Skeletal Muscles? | Yes. |
Can you control the Cardiac Muscles? | No. |
Can you control the Smooth Muscles? | No. |
The state of normal anatomy and physiology is called? | Health |
Anything that brings the organism AWAY from the state of health is called? | Disease |
The tendency of biological systems to maintain stability while continually adjusting to conditions that are optimal for survival is called? | Homeostasis |
This is the most complex level of body organization. | A system. |
The levels of organization from least to greatest is the following: | Cells > Tissues > Organs > Systems |
The Epithelial tissues cover what? | Skin |
The Connective tissues cover what? | Bone and Cartilage |
The Muscle tissue does what? | Moves the body inside and out. |
The Nervous tissue does what? | Transmits information about the body and controls bodily functions. |
What is the Pleura? | A thin membrane covering organs in the THORACIC cavity AND the cavity itself. It lies on top of the visceral layer. |
What is the Visceral layer of pleura? | A membrane that covers the organs lies right on top. |
What is the Parietal lay of pleura? | Membrane that covers the WHOLE THORACIC cavity. |
What is the condition where the pleural surfaces becomes rough from inflammation? | Pleurisy |
This is a large cavity that contains viscera (major soft organs), is divided into the THORAX and ABDOMEN, and the diaphragm is the dividing line. | Ventral Cavity |
Left means? | Animal's left. |
Right means? | Animals' right. |
Cranial means? | Towards the head. |
Caudal means? | Towards the tail. |
Dorsal means? | Towards the back. |
Ventral means? | Towards the belly. |
Palmar mean? | Bottom or back of the front foot, weight bearing surface of the front foot. (Palm) (FRONT FEET) |
Planter means? | Bottom of back of the back foot, weight bearing on the surface of the back foot. (BACK FEET) |
What single structures (organs) are generally found near the center of the body (near the MEDIAN PLANE) are? | liver, heart, spine |
The animal body has two main cavities, what are they? | Smaller dorsal cavity and the larger ventral cavity. |
What does the dorsal cavity contain? | Brain and Spinal Cord |
What does the cranial cavity contain? | Cranium which protects the brain. |
What does the spinal cavity contain? | Spinal canal; spine |
What is Regional Anatomy? | The study of the areas of the body, including everything that is located in that area. (Legs, arms, etc.) |
What is Systematic Anatomy? | The study of specific systems of the body. (Lungs, heart, etc.) |
What are the eleven (11) Main Body Systems? | Skeletal, Integument, Nervous, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Digestive, Muscular, Sensory, Endocrine, Urinary, and Reproductive |
The Sagittal plane runs which way? | Up and Down |
The Midsagittal (Median) plane is what? | A specific sagittal plane that runs down the CENTER of the body, lengthwise, dividing it into equal parts. It is parallel to the sagittal plane which may not create equal halves. |
This plane runs across the body (with animals, vertically when looking from the side.) that divided it into cranial and caudal parts that are non necessarily equal? | Transverse Plane |
This plane divides the body lengthwise into the top (back of animal)? | Dorsal Plane |
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