CORRECT ANSWERS
Anatomy - CORRECT ANSWERS science of body structures and relationships (Structure)
Physiology - CORRECT ANSWERS science of body functions- how parts work (function)
6 levels of structural organization - CORRECT ANSWERS chemical - cell - tissue - organ -
system - organism -
Metabolism - CORRECT ANSWERS sum of all chemical processes in the body
Catabolism - CORRECT ANSWERS breaking down complex chemical substance
Anabolism - CORRECT ANSWERS building up complex chemical substance from smaller
ones
Responsiveness - CORRECT ANSWERS bodys ability to detect and respond to internal and
external changes in environment
Movement - CORRECT ANSWERS motion of whole body, organs, or even cells
Growth - CORRECT ANSWERS increase in body size
Differentiation - CORRECT ANSWERS unspecialized cells (stem cells) become specialized
,Reproduction - CORRECT ANSWERS formation of new cells for tissue growth/repair or
production of new individual
6 characteristics of life - CORRECT ANSWERS Metabolism, responsiveness, growth,
reproduction, differentiation, movement
5 environmental factors required to sustain life - CORRECT ANSWERS water, food, oxygen,
heat, pressure
Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWERS dynamic consistancy. - stable conditions in bodies
internal environment
intracellular fluid - CORRECT ANSWERS fluid inside cell
extracellular fluid - CORRECT ANSWERS fluid outside cell
feedback system - CORRECT ANSWERS status of body condition is monitored and
reevaluated to maintain homostasis
What 3 components make up feedback system? - CORRECT ANSWERS Receptor- monitors
change
Control Center- evaluates change and outputs commands
Effector- adjust/ response
Negative Feedback - CORRECT ANSWERS REVERSES the change. makes it better
Positive Feedback - CORRECT ANSWERS STRENGTHENS the change. short lived,
, Anatomical Positition - CORRECT ANSWERS standing erect, forward, limbs at side, thumbs
out, palms forward
Supline - CORRECT ANSWERS laying down face up
Prone - CORRECT ANSWERS Laying down face down
midsagital plane - CORRECT ANSWERS splits in right and left
frontal (coronal) plane - CORRECT ANSWERS splits in front and back
transverse plane - CORRECT ANSWERS splits in top and bottom
Oblique plane - CORRECT ANSWERS splits by oblique angle
Superior - CORRECT ANSWERS top (cranial)
Inferior - CORRECT ANSWERS Bottom(Caudal)
Anterior - CORRECT ANSWERS front (ventral)
Posterior - CORRECT ANSWERS back (dorsal)
Medial - CORRECT ANSWERS midline