Exam 1: Organization and General Plan of the Body

The type of feedback mechanism that contains its own brake is called ____________________.

All of the chemical reactions and physical changes that take place in the body are called ____________________.

The thoracic cavity contains all of these except the:

The abdominal organs are covered by a membrane called the ____________________.

Which of these is NOT one of the four major groups of tissues?

Which statement is NOT true of the body cavities?

A feedback mechanism in which the response reverses the stimulus is called:

Superior to the abdominal cavity is the muscle called the ____________________.

Which of the following statements are true of anatomy and physiology? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

The pectoral areas would be separated from the sacral area by which section of the body?

The deltoid area is ____________________ to the antecubital area.

The cranial cavity contains the:

The pectoral area is ____ to the cervical area and ____ to the umbilical area.

The body would be separated into anterior and posterior parts by which section?

The organ system of which the thyroid gland is part is the ____________________ system.

The body would be separated into upper and lower parts by which section?

The parietal pleura lines the ____________________.

The lower boundary of the upper right and left abdominal quadrants is a line through the:

Which of the following statements are true of body areas? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

The visceral pleura covers the ____________________.