Chapter 1 Flashcards

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1
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What does Macro mean?

A

Something you can see with your own eyes

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What does micro mean?

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Something that you can only see under a microscope

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3
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What does the integumentary system do? (Skin,hair,nails)

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Protects internal organs
Site of sensory receptors

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4
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What does the skeletal system do?

A

Supports the body
Allows movements

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5
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What does the muscular system do?

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Enables movement
Helps maintain body temperature

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6
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What does the nervous system do?

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Detects and processes sensory information
Activates body responses

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7
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What does the endocrine system do?

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Secretes hormones
Regulates body processes

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What does the cardiovascular system do?

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Delivers oxygen and nutrients to tissues
Equalizes body temperature

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9
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What do veins do?

A

Bring oxygen to the heart

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10
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What do arteries do?

A

Bring blood away from the heart

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What does the lymphatic system do?

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Returns excess water to blood
Helps defend against pathogens

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What does the respiratory system do?

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Gets rid of carbon dioxide
Delivers oxygen to blood

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What does the digestive system do?

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Processed food for use by the body
Removes waste

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14
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What does the urinary system do?

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Controls water level in your body
Removes waste

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15
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What does metabolism mean?

A

How quickly you build things up and break them down

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16
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What does catabolism mean?

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The breakdown, breaks bonds to release energy (makes molecules smaller)

17
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What does anabolism mean?

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Making bonds, store energy by building bonds ( makes molecules bigger)

18
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What does negative feed back mean?

A

When something happens your body will do the opposite to balance it out (like when u cut yourself the cut will close)

19
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What does positive feedback mean?

A

The more something happens, the more the body with allow it (when giving birth the uterus opens more instead of closing)

20
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What does proximal mean?

A

Closer to the trunk of the limb ( on the arm the “trunk” would be the shoulder)

21
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What does distal mean?

A

Farther from the point of attachment or trunk of the body ( phalanges are distal to the femur)

22
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What does anterior (ventral) mean?

A

Front of the body

23
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What does posterior (dorsal) mean?

A

Toward the back of the body

24
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What does the superior (cranial) mean?

A

Position above another part of the body (the cranium is superior the thorax)

25
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What does inferior (caudal) mean?

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Position below another part of the body( the phalanges are inferior to the pubis)

26
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What does lateral mean?

A

The side or direction toward the side of the body( the carpus is lateral compared to the umblicus)

27
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What does medial mean?

A

The middle of the body ( the umblicus is medial compared to phalanges)

28
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What does the transverse plane make?

A

Superior vs inferior

29
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What does the Mid Sagittal plane make?

A

Left vs right

30
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What does coronal plane make

A

Ventral vs dorsal

31
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What cavities are part of the doral body cavities?

A

Cranial (brain) and vertebral (spinal cord)

32
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What cavities are part of the ventral body cavity?

A

Thoracic (heart & lungs), abdominal (stomach, liver, kidney, spleen), Pelvic(reproductive system,bladder,rectum)

33
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What is pleura?

A

Serous membrane that surrounds the lungs

34
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What is pericardium?

A

The serous membrane that surrounds the heart

35
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What is peritoneum?

A

The serous membrane that surrounds several organs in the abdominoplevic cavity