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A&P week one notes
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Question | Answer |
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Organizations of living systems | 1)Chemical level 2)Cell 3)Tissue 4)Organ 5)Organ system 6)Organism |
Chemical level | Atoms, molecules and the chemical bonds between atoms provide the framework upon which all living activity is based |
Cell | The smallest unit of life |
Tissue | Group of similar cells performing a common function |
Organ | A group of different kinds of tissue working together to accomplish a particular activity |
Organ system | Two or more organs working together to accomplish a particular task |
Organism | A system possessing the characteristics of living things |
Dorsal cavity | The back side side of the body; it contains the cranial cavity (brain), spinal cavity(spine) |
Ventral cavity | The front side of the body contains the thoracic cavity which contains the heart, lungs, trachea, and esophagus. Abdominal cavity contains the liver, stomach, intestines, appendix, spleen, kidneys, pancreas and gall bladder. |
LUQ (left upper quadrant) | Stomach, esophagus, spleen, part of the pancreas and one kidney |
RUQ (right upper quadrant) | liver, gall bladder, one kidney and part of the pancreas |
RLQ (right lower quadrant) | Appendix, large and small intestines ant the right ureter |
LLQ (left lower quadrant) | large and small intestines and left ureter |
Quadrants are referred to | from the patients left/right from the posterior |