Chapter 2: Human Body in Health and Disease

________________ is the process through which the body maintains normal functioning.

What does visceral mean?

What word means an increase in size, such as a muscle or organ?

What word means the front side of the body?

Which term means towards the head?

A _____________ is a microorganism that causes disease or illness.

Zika, West Nile Virus, and malaria are examples of what type of disease transmission?

Blood is filtered and waste is removed by the endocrine system.

What type of illness is acquired from hospitals, such as staph infections?

What plane divides the body into dorsal and ventral sides?

When the root cause of a disease is unknown, what is this called?

If one _____________ gene is inherited from a parent, the child will be a carrier for that disease or condition.

What is the term that means increase in the number of cells, such as during pregnancy?

What type of tissue is fat or adipose tissue?