Body Organisation Test Yourself Answers

1. Living organisms can be distinguished from non-living matter because they usually move and grow. They also excrete, respire, are sensitive to the environment, reproduce and feed.

2. What tissue types would you find:
 * a) Columnar epithelial tissue lines the intestine.
 * b) Keratinised stratified squamous epithelium covers the body.
 * c) Skeletal muscle moves bones.
 * d) Blood (a type of connective tissue) flows through blood vessels.
 * e) Nerves link the eye to the brain
 * f) Transitional epithelium lines the bladder

3. Name the body cavity in which the following organs are found:
 * a) The heart is located in the pericardial cavity (situated in the thoracic cavity).
 * b) The bladder is situated in the pelvic cavity
 * c) The stomach is situated in the abdominal cavity
 * d) The lungs are situated in the pleural cavity (also situated in the thoracic cavity).

4. Body systems
 * a) The skeletal system includes the bones and joints
 * b) The reproductive system includes the ovaries and testes
 * c) The endocrine system produces hormones.
 * d) The circulatory system includes the heart, blood vessels and blood.

5. Homeostasis is the maintenance of constant conditions in an animal’s body.

6.
 * a) The head is cranial to the neck
 * b) The heart is medial to the ribs
 * c) The elbow is proximal to the fingers
 * d) The spine is dorsal to the heart

7. Indicate whether or not these statements are true.
 * a) The stomach is cranial to the diaphragm - false
 * b) The heart lies in the pelvic cavity - false
 * c) The spleen is roughly the same size as the stomach and lies near it - true
 * d) The small intestine is proximal to the kidneys - false (remember the term proximal is only used when describing the relationship of parts of the limbs to each other)
 * e) The bladder is medial to the hips - true
 * f) The liver is cranial to the heart - false