ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
OPENSTAX DEFINITIONS
Anatomy - correct answer study of body structure
Anterior (ventral) - correct answer (towards) front of body
Cell - correct answer smallest unit of living things
Deep - correct answer farther from surface
Distal - correct answer point in limb that is farther from point of attachment
Dorsal (posterior) cavity - correct answer cranial cavity and vertebral cavity
(largest)
Frontal (coronal) plane - correct answer divides body into front and back
gross anatomy - correct answer study of structures easily seen by naked eye
homeostasis - correct answer maintenance of body's internal balance
How does the homeostasis cycle begin? - correct answer A stimulus exceeds the
threshold for normal range
How was anatomy studied in the past? - correct answer Evaluating injuries and
cadavers.
inferior (caudal) - correct answerbelow (relative to)
lateral - correct answer(toward) side of body
medial - correct answer(toward) midline of body
, organ - correct answerstructure that has 2+ tissue types
organ system - correct answer2+ organs that work together to maintain bodily
functions
organelle - correct answertiny structure that carries out functions in a cell; mini
organs for the cell
organism - correct answerbeing that can live independently and has cell structure
Pericardium - correct answerMembrane surrounding the heart
peritoneum - correct answermembrane lining abdominopelvic cavity
physiology - correct answerchemistry/ physics of the body; how the structures of
the body work together
plane - correct answerimaginary 2D surface going through structure
pleura - correct answerMembrane surrounding the lungs
posterior (dorsal) - correct answer(towards) back of body
prone - correct answerface down
proximal - correct answerpoint in limb that is closer to point of attachment
regional anatomy - correct answerhow structures work together in specific region
of body
sagittal plane - correct answerdivides body into left and right
section - correct answer2D surface of 3D structure
serous membrane - correct answerlines cavity wall and organs (abdominopelvic
and thoracic cavities)
OPENSTAX DEFINITIONS
Anatomy - correct answer study of body structure
Anterior (ventral) - correct answer (towards) front of body
Cell - correct answer smallest unit of living things
Deep - correct answer farther from surface
Distal - correct answer point in limb that is farther from point of attachment
Dorsal (posterior) cavity - correct answer cranial cavity and vertebral cavity
(largest)
Frontal (coronal) plane - correct answer divides body into front and back
gross anatomy - correct answer study of structures easily seen by naked eye
homeostasis - correct answer maintenance of body's internal balance
How does the homeostasis cycle begin? - correct answer A stimulus exceeds the
threshold for normal range
How was anatomy studied in the past? - correct answer Evaluating injuries and
cadavers.
inferior (caudal) - correct answerbelow (relative to)
lateral - correct answer(toward) side of body
medial - correct answer(toward) midline of body
, organ - correct answerstructure that has 2+ tissue types
organ system - correct answer2+ organs that work together to maintain bodily
functions
organelle - correct answertiny structure that carries out functions in a cell; mini
organs for the cell
organism - correct answerbeing that can live independently and has cell structure
Pericardium - correct answerMembrane surrounding the heart
peritoneum - correct answermembrane lining abdominopelvic cavity
physiology - correct answerchemistry/ physics of the body; how the structures of
the body work together
plane - correct answerimaginary 2D surface going through structure
pleura - correct answerMembrane surrounding the lungs
posterior (dorsal) - correct answer(towards) back of body
prone - correct answerface down
proximal - correct answerpoint in limb that is closer to point of attachment
regional anatomy - correct answerhow structures work together in specific region
of body
sagittal plane - correct answerdivides body into left and right
section - correct answer2D surface of 3D structure
serous membrane - correct answerlines cavity wall and organs (abdominopelvic
and thoracic cavities)
