| Body Cavities | Properties of Life | Serous Membranes | Anatomical Terms, Regions & Planes I | Anatomical Terms, Regions & Planes II |
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What is the cranial cavity?
This body cavity contains the brain.
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What is reproduction?
Without this property it is likely there would have only ever existed one individual of one organism.
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What is serous fluid?
This is the fluid that the serous membrane produces to lubricate the organs to which it attaches.
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What is vertebral?
This term is associated with the vertebrae, or spine.
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What is cervical?
This term is associated with the neck region.
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What are the cranial and spinal cavities?
[vertebral]
The dorsal cavity is really these two cavities.
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What is 'responds to the environment'?
[reacts to internal/external stimuli] [responds]
When you flinch at the sound of a loud noise you are obviously displaying this property.
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What is peritoneum?
This serous membrane keeps the abdominal organs anchored to the cavity wall.
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What is superior?
The diaphragm is immediately this to the abdominal cavity.
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What is the sagittal plane?
[midsagittal]
This plane bisects the body into right and left halves.
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What is the abdominal cavity?
[abdominopelvic]
This body cavity can be found immediately inferior to the diaphragm.
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What is evolution?
[evolutionary adaptation]
Simply put, this property of life explains the diversity of life witnessed on planet Earth.
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What is the pericardium?
[100 pt. bonus: Name the cavity this membrane creates?]
This serous membrane provides additional protection and lubrication to the heart.
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What is the transverse plane?
[horizontal plane, axial plane, or transaxial plane]
This plane bisects the body into superior and inferior halves.
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What is medial?
The heart is this to the lungs.
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What is the thoracic cavity?
200 EC: What are the three cavities that comprise it?
This body cavity shares its name with the vertebrae that is just posterior to its location. It is also made up of three different cavities.
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What is homeostasis?
[feedback mechanism]
When your pancreas releases insulin so your blood sugars will restore back to normal levels, it is perfectly demonstrating this property of life.
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What is the parietal layer?
This is the layer of serous membrane that makes up the lining of the cavity wall.
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What is tarsal?
This body regions is associated with the ankle.
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What is anterior and posterior?
[ventral and dorsal]
The frontal (coronal) plane bisects the body into these halves.
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What is the Pleural cavity.
This cavity houses the lungs, and only the lungs. It is the potential space between the layers of the serous membrane for which it gets its name.
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What is cellular organization?
[all life is composed of cells] [The cell is the fundamental unit of life]
Think, cork....or jail.
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What is the visceral layer?
This is the layer of serous membrane that makes up the lining of the organs.
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What is carpal?
This body region is immediately inferior to the antebrachial region.
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What is femoral?
This term gets its name from the longest bone in the body, which is located in the same body region.
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