Test unit1

• Anatomy: Study of body structures.

• Physiology: Study of how the body functions.

• Homeostasis: Maintenance of stable internal conditions.

• Negative feedback: Reverses a change and returns the body to normal.

• Positive feedback: Strengthens a change until a process is completed.

• Anatomical position: Standard position used to describe the body.

• Sagittal plane: Divides the body into right and left portions.

• Midsagittal plane: Divides the body into equal right and left halves.

• Frontal/coronal plane: Divides the body into front and back portions.

• Transverse plane: Divides the body into upper and lower portions.

• Anterior: Toward the front.

• Posterior: Toward the back.

• Superior: Above or toward the head.

• Inferior: Below or away from the head.

• Medial: Toward the body’s midline.

• Lateral: Away from the body’s midline.

• Proximal: Closer to the attachment point.

• Distal: Farther from the attachment point.

• Superficial: Near the body’s surface.

• Deep: Farther from the body’s surface.

• Epigastric: Upper-middle abdominal region.

• Umbilical: Center region surrounding the navel.

• Hypogastric: Lower-middle abdominal region.

• Hypochondriac: Upper-right or upper-left abdominal region.

• Lumbar: Middle-right or middle-left abdominal region.

• Iliac/inguinal: Lower-right or lower-left abdominal region.

  
  

levels of organization in order?
Chemical → Cellular → Tissue → Organ → Organ system → Organism