Semester Review Questions #1

What are 7 of the 10 characteristics of life? 

Movement, responsiveness, growth, reproduction, respiration, digestion, absorption, circulation, assimilation, excretion 

5 needs of an organism? 

Water, food, oxygen, hemostasis, heat 

Homeostasis

The body attempts to maintain stable internal environment

levels of organisms beginning with the atom and ending with an organism. 

Atoms

Molecules

Macromolecules

Organelle

Cell

Tissue

Organ 

Organ System 

Organism 

What is the difference between the Axial and Appendicular portions of the body? 

Axial contains the head, neck and trunk. The appendicular contains the arms and legs 

What cavities make up the Dorsal Cavity? 

Cranial cavity, spinal cavity , oral, nasal, orbital, ,middle ear and sinus

The Ventral Cavity? 

• Thoracic Cavity

-Right and left thoracic compartments- each contains a lung 

-Mediastinum- includes the heart, esophagus, trachea, thymus gland

What separates the Thoracic Cavity from the Abdominopelvic Cavity? 

The diagram

Where would you find Mediastinum?

Middle of the chest, between the lungs 

Visceral Pleura :  

membrane covering each lung

Parietal Pleura

membrane lining the wall of the right and left thoracic compartments

Visceral Pericardium : 

layer covering or on the hear

Visceral Peritoneum

:Each of the organs in the abdominopelvic cavity would be covered 

Parietal Peritoneum

membrane lining the wall of the abdominopelvic cavity

Parietal Pericardium:

outer layer of the heart

Sagittal :

Divides into body into right and 

Left halves

Coronal ( frontal) 

Divides into anterior and Posterior portions 

Superior-

toward the head 

Inferior

toward the feet

Medial

toward center or midline

Lateral

Toward the side

superficial

nearer to the suraface

deep

more interal

anterior

toward the trunk

posterior

toward the back

proximal

toward the trunk or point of attachment

Dista

father from the trunk or point of attachment