1. Journal Anatomy & Physiology
Ch 1

2. What does anatomy mean? What does physiology mean?
The study of the structure and shape of the body and body parts and their relationship to one another.
Physiology
The study of how the body and its parts work or funtion.

3. What are the levels of structural organization in humans?
Chemical
Cellular
Tissue
Organ
Organ System
Organism (body)

4. What are the functions that humans must perform to maintain life?
Maintain boundaries
Movement
Responsiveness
Digestion
Metabolism
Excretion
Reproduction
Growth

5. What are the survival needs of the human body?
Nutrients (Food)
Oxygen
Water
Appropriate Temperature
Normal Atmospheric Pressure

6. What is homeostasis?
The body’s ability to maintain relatively stable internal conditions even though the outside world is continuously changing.

7. Name five body regions and explain where they are.
Abdominal = stomach
Carpal = wrist
Thoracic = chest
Lumbar = lower back
Popliteal = knee pit

8. Name and describe the 3 major body planes.
Sagittal
Down the middle = left & right parts
Frontal
Down = front and back parts
Transverse
Across = top and bottom parts