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What is the study of the function of the human body?
physiology
Epithelium is an example of what level of organization in the human body?
tissue
What is the breakdown of nutrients?
catabolism
List the four basic types of tissues.
epithelium, connective, nervous, & muscular
List the three layers of the skin in order from superficial to deep. The most superficial layer of the skin
should be at the top of your list. To receive credit the layers must be in this order.
epidermis, dermis, hypodermis
Testosterone contributes to muscle strength and bone mass. Based upon your learning of metabolism,
would it be considered an anabolic or catabolic hormone? Explain why.
anabolic because it is building new tissues from smaller cells and using energy to do so
What anatomical orientation term is used to indicate "toward the back of the body"?
dorsal
What anatomical orientation term is used to indicate "toward the lower part of a structure"?
inferior
What anatomical orientation term is used to indicate "toward the body surface"?
superficial
What anatomical orientation term is used to indicate "further from the origin of the body part"
distal
You are looking at a diagram of a patient standing in anatomical position. On the sheet of paper
containing the diagram, which thumb points to the left side of the paper, right or left?
right