Seeley's A&P 10th Ed Chapter 1: The Human Organism All Possible Questions and Answers with complete solution

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Sagittal plane - ✔️✔️runs vertically through the body, separating it into left and right
portions

Transverse/ horizontal plane - ✔️✔️runs parallel to the ground, divides the body into
superior and inferior portions

Frontal/ coronal plane - ✔️✔️runs vertically, divides the body into anterior and posterior
portions


Receptor - ✔️✔️monitors the values of variables

Control center - ✔️✔️establishes the set point

Effector - ✔️✔️changes the value of variables

Distal - ✔️✔️away from the reference point or further from the trunk

Proximal - ✔️✔️toward the reference point or closer to the trunk

Medial - ✔️✔️toward the middle or midline of the body

Lateral - ✔️✔️away from the middle or midline of the body

Superior - ✔️✔️toward the head

Inferior - ✔️✔️toward the feet

Ventral - ✔️✔️toward the belly

Dorsal - ✔️✔️toward the back

Organelle - ✔️✔️small structures that make up cells


Median plane - ✔️✔️a sagittal plane that pass through the midline of the body, dividing
it into equal left and right halves

Anatomical regions - ✔️✔️- head

, - neck
- trunk
- upper limbs
- lower limbs

Head - ✔️✔️- frontal
- orbital
- nasal
- oral
- otic (ear)
- buccal ( cheek)
- mental (chin)

Homeostasis - ✔️✔️the existence and maintenance of a relatively constant
environment within the body

Components of the negative feedback system - ✔️✔️- receptor
- control center
- effector

Neck - ✔️✔️cervical

Trunk - ✔️✔️- thoracic ( pectoral, sternal, mammary)
- abdominal
- umbilical
- pelvic
- inguinal
- pubic

Upper limbs - ✔️✔️- axiallry
- brachial
- elbow
- carpals
- palmer
- digitals

Lower limbs - ✔️✔️- coxal
- femoral
- patellar
- leg
- talus
- digitals

Anatomy - ✔️✔️investigating the body's structure, to cut up or cut open