organ systems | Directions | Cavities | Vocab | Regions and Quadrants |
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What is the protection against environmental hazards, helps control body temperature
Integumentary system
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What is up or towards the head
superior
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What is above the diaphragm
thoracic cavity
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What is all of the physical and chemical changes that occur in the body would be referred to as
metabolism
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What is superior to the umbilical region
Epigastric Region
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What is provides support, protects tissues, stores minerals, forms blood
Skeletal system
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What is towards the feet or below
Inferior
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What is below diaphragm; divided into pelvic and abdominal cavities
abdominopelvic cavity
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What is cells join together
Tissue
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What is inferior to the right hypochondriac region
Right lumbar region
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What is allows for locomotion, provides support, produces heat
Muscular system
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What is toward or at the front of the body, in front of
ventral (anterior)
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What is houses spinal cord
Spinal Cavity
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What is The maintenance of a constant or stable internal environment
homeostasis
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What is referred to as groan
Inguinal
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What is directs immediate response to stimuli, usually by coordinating the activities of other organ systems
Nervous system
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What is toward or at the backside of the body, behind
dorsal (posterior)
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What houses brain
Cranial Cavity
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What is the study of the microscopic structure of tissues
Histology
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What is curve of shoulder
Deltoid
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What is directs long-term changes in activities of other organ systems
Endocrine system
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What is close to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk
proximal
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What is within the pelvic brim
pelvic cavity
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What is the branch of anatomy that deals with the structure of organs and tissues that are visible to the naked eye
gross anatomy
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What is scapular region
shoulder blade areas
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