Crash Course - Intro to Anatomy and Physiology

What is responsible for every movement you make and every new day you live to see?

• A single organ working independently

• Individual cells performing their functions

• A collection of systems working together to function properly

• Random biological processes

If all your intestines were stretched out, approximately how long would they be?

• The length of a football field

• About as long as a three-story building is tall

• The average length of a car

• Shorter than your arm

What is the study of the structure and relationships between body parts called?

• Physiology

• Biology

• Anatomy

• Pathology

In the hierarchy of the body's organization, what constitutes the smallest unit of living things?

• Chemicals

• Tissues

• Cells

• Organs

What is the term for the ability of living systems to maintain stable internal conditions despite external changes?

• Metabolism

• Homeostasis

• Adaptation

• Regulation

What is considered the ultimate cause of death in terms of the body's internal balance?

• Organ failure

• Extreme and irreversible loss of homeostasis

• Suffocation

• Dehydration

Which anatomical plane divides the body into front and back sections?

• Sagittal plane

• Transverse plane

• Coronal plane

• Parasagittal plane

In anatomical terms, if your knee is considered proximal to your ankle, what does that mean?

• Your knee is closer to the midline of the body than your ankle.

• Your knee is further from the trunk than your ankle.

• Your knee is closer to the trunk than your ankle.

• Your knee is above your ankle.