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Test 1
Regions, Cavitiy, Systems, Functions, Short Ans.
Question | Answer |
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cardiovascular system | transports nutrients, wastes, and gases throughout the body |
digestive system | converts food molecules into forms that are absorbed |
endocrine system | main system that secrete hormones |
integumentary system | provides an outer covering of the body |
lymphatic system | transports excess fluid from tissues to blood |
muscular system | maintains posture and generates most body heat |
nervous system | stimulates muscles to contract and interprets information from sensory units |
reproductive system | produces new organisms |
respiratory system | exchanges gases between air and blood |
skeletal system | provides framework for softer tissues and produces blood cells in red marrow |
urinary system | removes liquid and wastes from blood and transports them outside |
Anatomy | structure/ made of |
Physiology | function/ purpose |
maintaining boundaries | integumentary system |
movement | muscular system |
responsiveness | nervous system |
digestion | digestive system |
metabolism | endocrine system |
excretion | urinary system |
growth | endocrine system |
homeostasis | ability to maintain equilibrium as outside changes stimulus/ receptor/ input to control center/ output to effector/ response |
necessary for survival | nutrients, oxygen, water, temperature, pressure |
necessary to maintain life | boundaries, movement, responsiveness, digestion, metabolism, excretion, reproduction, growth |
midsagittal section | right left |
frontal section | anterior posterior |
transverse section | inferior superior |
cranial cavity | head |
spinal cavity | spine |
thoracic cavity | lungs heart |
abdominal cavity | intestines |
pelvic cavity | vagina |
abdominopelvic cavity | abdominal/ pelvic cavities |
ventral body cavity | front cavity |
dorsal body cavity | back cavity |
R/L hypochondriac regions | top |
R/L lumbar regions | middle |
R/L iliac regions | bottom |
epigastric region | top |
umbilical region | middle |
hypogastric region | bottom |