Hondros BIO 117 Exam 1
Anatomy - answers✔✔study of structure
Physiology - answers✔✔Study of function
Pathophysiology - answers✔✔the study of how disease processes affect the function of the body
Anatomical position - answers✔✔erect, feet forward, arms at side with palms facing forward, head
facing forward
Anterior (ventral) - answers✔✔front of the body; toward the front
Posterior (dorsal) - answers✔✔back of body
Proximal - answers✔✔Closer to the point of attachment
Distal - answers✔✔farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the
body trunk
Homeostasis - answers✔✔Maintaining a stable internal environment
negative feedback - answers✔✔a mechanism of response in which a stimulus initiates reactions that
reduce the stimulus
Superior - answers✔✔above another structure
Inferior - answers✔✔Lower on the body, farther from the head
, Lateral - answers✔✔away from the midline
Medial - answers✔✔toward the midline
Central - answers✔✔located in the center of a thing or place
Peripheral - answers✔✔away from the center of the body
Superficial - answers✔✔near the surface
Deep - answers✔✔Away from the body surface; more internal
Saggital plane - answers✔✔divides the body into a right and left side
Coronal plane (frontal plane) - answers✔✔vertical division of the body into front (anterior) and back
(posterior) portions
transverse plane - answers✔✔horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions
Levels of organization - answers✔✔Atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism
Buccal region - answers✔✔cheek
abdominal region - answers✔✔abdomen
Brachial - answers✔✔upper arm
Anatomy - answers✔✔study of structure
Physiology - answers✔✔Study of function
Pathophysiology - answers✔✔the study of how disease processes affect the function of the body
Anatomical position - answers✔✔erect, feet forward, arms at side with palms facing forward, head
facing forward
Anterior (ventral) - answers✔✔front of the body; toward the front
Posterior (dorsal) - answers✔✔back of body
Proximal - answers✔✔Closer to the point of attachment
Distal - answers✔✔farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the
body trunk
Homeostasis - answers✔✔Maintaining a stable internal environment
negative feedback - answers✔✔a mechanism of response in which a stimulus initiates reactions that
reduce the stimulus
Superior - answers✔✔above another structure
Inferior - answers✔✔Lower on the body, farther from the head
, Lateral - answers✔✔away from the midline
Medial - answers✔✔toward the midline
Central - answers✔✔located in the center of a thing or place
Peripheral - answers✔✔away from the center of the body
Superficial - answers✔✔near the surface
Deep - answers✔✔Away from the body surface; more internal
Saggital plane - answers✔✔divides the body into a right and left side
Coronal plane (frontal plane) - answers✔✔vertical division of the body into front (anterior) and back
(posterior) portions
transverse plane - answers✔✔horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions
Levels of organization - answers✔✔Atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism
Buccal region - answers✔✔cheek
abdominal region - answers✔✔abdomen
Brachial - answers✔✔upper arm
