CH 18 Introduction to Human Body

Means constant & stable internal environment in a narrow range despite changes that occur in the external environment?

Which type of tissue is predominately fat and serves as storage for surplus food and as insulation to conserve heat?

Which type of muscle tissue is attached to bones?

Which tissue is located under skin, and is continuous with the dermis?

Which type of tissue covers external and internal structures, and lines open and closed body cavities?

What are the two layers found in most serous membranes?

Which membrane lines the body cavities that open the outside?

Which term means the inner region of an organ or structure?

Which organelle provides adenosine triphosphate?

Which type of tissue has osteocytes embedded in collagen and mineral salt crystals?

Which type of fluid is found in extracellular spaces between tissues?

Which term means the space within a hollow tube?

Which membrane lines closed body cavities?

Which type of muscle tissue is located in the walls of hollow organs and within tubes?

Which component is the smallest structural and functional unit existing as self-sustaining entity?

Which type of tissue is found in the heart wall and helps the heart contract repeatedly to pump blood?

Which term means the study of how the body and its individual parts function in normal body processes?

Which cavity contains the reproductive and urinary organs?

Which plane divides the body into anterior and posterior sections?

Which membrane lines cavities of freely movable joints?

Which suffix means cell?

Which term means related to opposite sides of the body?

Which type of tissue is regarded as the movement specialist of the body?

Which plane divides the body into equal right and left halves?

Which term means oriented toward or near the midline of the body?

Which process is the movement of water and molecules across a cell membrane due to pressure?

Which term means situated below or toward the tail end?

Which component is a connective tissue?

Which type of transport involves carrier molecules within the cell membrane?

Which sequence represents how the body is organized from least complex to most?

Which organelle is the control center of the cell, directing most metabolic activities?

Which term means the gel-like intracellular fluid that cells contain?

Which term means groups of similar cells acting together to perform specific functions?

Where is the heart in relation to the vertebral column?

Which quadrant contains the gallbladder?

Which cavities is the ventral cavity subdivided into?

Which term means the study of the structures of the human body and their positional relationships to one another?

Where is the wrist in relation to the elbow?

Which function does epithelium perform?

Which plane divides the body into superior and inferior sections?

Which term refers to the upper cheek?

Which term means on the back of a structure?

Which type of cartilage covers the articulating surfaces of bones and connects ribs to the sternum?

Which type of tissue forms the framework for organs and glands, transports nutrients and wastes, and defends the body?

Where is the mandible in relation to the forehead?

Which structure separates intracellular fluid from extracellular fluid and functions like semipermeable filter?

Which process involves a molecule being drawn inside a cell and fused with lysosome?

Which cavities is the dorsal cavity subdivided into?

Which organelle is a network of curved sacs arranged in parallel rows that helps transport materials?

Which part is the network of microfilaments and microtubules that provides an internal structure to many cells?

Which term is given to the uppermost central portion of the nine regions of the body?

What are the three types of muscle tissue?

Which prefix means within or inside?

The heart, stomach, and brain are examples of which level of organization?

Which organelle breaks down unneeded proteins and pathogens with enzymes?

Which terms represent the four principal types of tissues?

Which term means the study of disease?

What are fingerlike cellular extensions called?

Which suffix means pain?

Which process is the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration?