Ch. 1: The Human Body

The term that means lowermost or below is ___.

The study of the human body's structures is known as

Digestive system

Urinary system

Urinary system contains kidneys, ureters, trachea

The ventral cavity contains organs of the nervous system.

The space found between the two pleural cavities that contains the heart, thymus gland, lymph and blood vessels, tachea

Feedback responses that revise disturbances to our body's condition are examples of __ feedback.

The English anatomist who discovered how blood circulates through the body was

Toward the side or away from the midline is lateral.

The lymphatic system is also known as the

The term that refers to the covering on an organ is __.

___ muscle is involuntary and causes contractions of the heart.

1st individual to correctly illustrate the human skeleton with all of its bones was

The cells in muscle tissue are so long that they are often referred to as muscle fibers.

The organs of any cavity are referred to as the viscera.

Another term for posterior, which means towards the back, is dorsal.

It is useful to describe the body as having imaginary curved geometric surfaces passing through is called planes.

The term __ refers to the walls of a cavity.

The pancreas secretes __, which breaks down the glycogen into glucose and returns it to the blood circulatory system

Homeostasis is the maintenance of the internal environment of the body within narrow limits.

Respiratory system

The term that means belly side is

The tissue that covers surfaces, protects, forms glands, and lines cavities of the body is

Cardiac muscle is found only in the heart.

Tissue characterized by elongated cells that generate movement by shortening or contracting in a forcible manner

The term parietal refers to the walls of a cavity.

Cardiovascular System

A midsagittal plane vertically divides the body through the midline into 2 equal left and right portions or halves

Pleural is the term that refers to the covering of the lungs.

There are __ basic reference systems of bodily organization.

The system composed of skin, hair,nails, sebaceous glands, and sweat glands is known

The study of the diseases of the body is known as

The study of the functions of body parts, what they do, and how they do it, is known as __.

Skeletal system

Lymphatic system

Dividing the body into 2 equal left and right portions by drawing an imaginary line vertically through the body is

The __ is a space found between the two pleural cavities and contains the heart, thymus gland, trachea, and esophagus.

Nervous system

Integumentary system

A(n) ___ is a group of organs.

The basic unit of biological organization is the

Organs are organized into tissues.

A cell performs all the activities necessary to maintain life except for excretion.

Endocrine system

Muscular system contains muscles, fasciae, ductless glands

Cephalad means toward the head; it is synonymous with which terms

The body system responsible for maintaining sexual characteristics and the perpetuation of our species is

A horizontal or transverse plane is any plane dividing the body into left and right portions.

The term that means uppermost or above is inferior