BIO201 Crimando Vocab 1
BIO201 Body Organization Vocabulary Review
Basic vocabulary is the foundational step in learning a new subject. This brief list touches many of the terms
you will be learning in this section of the course. Use your notes from class, lecture powerpoints and text for
references in answering these.
Fill in the blanks as you take notes in class or read and study from the text.
“Father of Western medicine”: _____________________
Chief physician to the Roman gladiators, authority on anatomy: _____________________
Dutch anatomist studied cadavers: _____________________
Study of body structure: _____________________
Study of body function: _____________________
Structure determines function, “Principle of _____________________”
Lowest/simplest level of body organization: _____________________
Basic unit of life: _____________________
Study of cells: ____________________
Group of cells with similar structure & function: _____________________
Study of tissues: _____________________
Group of tissues working together: _____________________
Group of organs serving a body process: _____________________
Sum of all chemical reactions in body: _____________________
Chemical processes for building up molecules: _____________________
Chemical processes for breaking down molecules: _____________________
Ability to maintain relatively stable internal environment: _____________________
Determines the set-level for a given variable in the body: _____________________
Homeostatic mechanism whereby a response opposes original stimulus: _____________________
Homeostatic mechanism whereby a response enhances original stimulus: _____________________
“Front”: _____________________
“Belly-side”: _____________________
“Back”: _____________________
“Spine-side”: _____________________
“Higher”: _____________________
“Lower”: _____________________
“Nose-end”: _____________________
“Tail-end”: _____________________
Away/farther from midline: _____________________
Towards/closer to midline: _____________________
Closer to starting point: _____________________
Farther from starting point: _____________________
Same side of body: _____________________
Opposite side of body: _____________________
Close to surface: _____________________
Farther from surface: _____________________
Cavity housing lungs and heart: _____________________
Cavity housing intestines and bladder: _____________________
Cavity housing brain and spinal cord: _____________________
Cavity housing one lung: _____________________
Cavity housing heart: _____________________
The space between the two lungs: _____________________
Serous membrane forming a body cavity wall: _____________________
Serous membrane forming the outer surface of an organ: _____________________
Membranes surrounding lung: _________ ____________ and _________ ____________
Membranes surrounding heart: ________ _____________and _________ ____________
Membranes surrounding abdominal organs: _________ ____________ and _________ ____________
Horizontal plane: _____________________ (or _____________________ section)
Vertical plane: _____________________ (or _____________________ section)
Vertical plane on midline: _____________________ or _____________________
Vertical plane separating front/back: _____________________ or _____________________
Imaging using simple X-rays: _____________________
Imaging using computer—aided X-rays: _____________________
Imaging of metabolic activity using radiolabeled glucose: _____________________
Imaging of soft tissues using magnetic fields: _____________________
Imaging using ultrasound waves: _____________________