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anatomy - Answer: study of structure or form
physiology - Answer: study of function
,levels of organization - Answer: cell
tissue
organ
organ systems
organism
What are the major body systems involved in maintaining homeostasis?
- Answer: lungs, pancreas, kidneys and skin.
homeostasis - Answer: the ability to maintain a stable internal
environment
negative feedback - Answer: the body senses a change and activates
mechanisms that negate that change
example of negative feedback - Answer: sweating
positive feedback - Answer: the body senses a change and activates
mechanisms that will amplify that change
example of positive feedback - Answer: childbirth and blood clotting
,frontal/coronal plane - Answer: divides the body into anterior and
posterior
sagittal plane - Answer: divides body into left and right portions
midsagittal plane - Answer: divides the body into equal left and right
portions
transverse plane - Answer: divides body into superior and inferior
portions
ventral - Answer: toward the front or belly
dorsal - Answer: toward the back or spine
anterior - Answer: toward the ventral (front) side
posterior - Answer: toward the dorsal (back) side
cephalic - Answer: toward the head/superior end
, superior - Answer: above
inferior - Answer: below
medial - Answer: toward the median plane
lateral - Answer: away from the medial plane
proximal - Answer: closer to the point of attachment
distal - Answer: away from the point of attachment
ipsilateral - Answer: on the same side of the body
contralateral - Answer: on opposite sides of the body
superficial - Answer: closer to the surface of the body
deep - Answer: farther from the body surface