Anatomy Ch. 1

3. Clear, watery fluid secreted by cells of a serous membrane.
5. Muscle or gland (or other organ) capable of being activated by nerve endings.
6. Relating to the limbs; one of the two major divisions of the skeleton.
8. A longitudinal (vertical) plane that divides the body or any of its parts into right and left portions.
10. Feedback that tends to cause the level of a variable to change in the same direction as an initial change.
11. Longitudinal(vertical) plane that divides the body or an organ into anterior and posterior parts.
12. Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction.
13. Specific sagittal plane that lies exactly in the midline.
14. Branch of anatomy dealing with the microscopic structure of tissues.

1. A series of catabolic steps in which complex food molecules are broken down to their building blocks by enzymes.
2. A state of body equilibrium or stable internal environment of the body.
4. The most common homeostatic control mechanism. The net effect is that the output of the system shuts off the original stimulus or reduces its intensity.
7. The part of the double-layered membrane that lines the outer surfaces of organs within the ventral body cavity.
9. Sum total of the chemical reactions occurring in the body cells.