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1.
Q: What is anatomy?
A: The study of the structures of the body.
2.
Q: What is physiology?
A: The study of how the body functions.
3.
Q: What is the anatomical position?
A: Standing upright, facing forward, arms at sides, palms facing forward.
4.
Q: What are the two main divisions of the human body?
A: Axial and appendicular.
5.
Q: What does the axial portion include?
A: Head, neck, and trunk.
6.
Q: What does the appendicular portion include?
A: Arms and legs (upper and lower extremities).
7.
Q: What is a body cavity?
A: A hollow area of the body that contains organs.
8.
Q: What are the two major body cavities?
A: Ventral cavity and dorsal cavity.
9.
Q: What cavities are part of the ventral cavity?
A: Thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities.
10.
Q: What separates the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities?
A: The diaphragm.
11.
Q: What cavities make up the dorsal cavity?
A: Cranial cavity and spinal canal.
12.
Q: What does the cranial cavity contain?
A: The brain.
13.
Q: What does the spinal canal contain?
A: The spinal cord.
14.
Q: What does superior mean?
A: Toward the head or above.
15.
Q: What does inferior mean?
A: Below or toward the feet.
16.
Q: What does anterior mean?
A: Toward the front of the body.
17.
Q: What does posterior mean?
A: Toward the back of the body.
18.
Q: What does medial mean?
A: Toward the midline of the body.
19.
Q: What does lateral mean?
A: Away from the midline of the body.
20.
Q: What does proximal mean?
A: Closer to the trunk of the body.
21.
Q: What does distal mean?
A: Farther from the trunk of the body.
22.
Q: What does superficial mean?
A: Toward the surface of the body.
23.
Q: What does deep mean?
A: Away from the surface; internal.
24.
Q: What are the levels of organization from simplest to most complex?
A: Atom → Molecule → Cell → Organ → Organ System → Organism.
25.
Q: What is the sagittal plane?
A: Divides the body into right and left sections.
26.
Q: What is the coronal (frontal) plane?
A: Divides the body into anterior and posterior sections.
27.
Q: What is the transverse plane?
A: Divides the body into superior and inferior sections.
28.
Q: What is homeostasis?
A: The body’s ability to maintain a stable internal environment.
29.
Q: What is negative feedback?
A: A response that opposes the original stimulus.
30.
Q: What is positive feedback?
A: A response that reinforces the original stimulus.