1. Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology

The digestive and respiratory systems are both responsible for taking in useful molecules into the body. When taken in by these systems, where do the molecules go first?

Which system is the least responsible for keeping you alive on a day-to-day basis?

Distinguish between the endocrine system and the nervous system.

Which two systems allow materials to move from one region of the body to another?

Which organ systems directly allow waste materials to be passed out of the body?

Of all your systems, the integumentary, respiratory, and digestive most regularly experience infection from microorganisms. Which answer best describes why that may be the case?

The structural and functional unit of life is:

a. A cell

b. An organ

c. The organism

d. A molecule

Two of these organ systems bear the major responsibility for ensuring homeostasis of the internal environment. Which two?

a. Nervous system

b. Digestive system

c. Cardiovascular system

d. Endocrine system

e. Reproductive system

Assume that the body has been sectioned along three planes: (1) a median plane, (2) a frontal plane, and (3) a transverse plane made at the level of each of the organs listed below. Which organs would be visible in only one or two of these three cases?

a. Urinary bladder

b. Brain

c. Lungs

d. Kidneys

e. Small intestine

f. Heart

Construct a table that lists the 11 systems of the body, names two organs of each system (if appropriate), and describes the overall or major function of each system.

Make a diagram showing the nine abdominopelvic regions, and name each region. Name two organs (or parts of organs) that could be located in each of the named regions.

Make a similar sketch illustrating how the abdominopelvic cavity may be divided into quadrants, and name each quadrant.

Name the organs of the urinary system, and describe the general function of each organ.