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A&P 1.01 Flashcards

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Physiology

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Study of body function

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Anatomy

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Study of body structure

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Pathology

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Study of disease

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List life processes

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Metabolism
Responsiveness 
Movement
Growth
Reproduction
Differentiation
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Metabolism

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All chemical processes, adding up or down

Anabolism - adding up

Catabolism - decomposition or cutting down

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Responsiveness

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Ability to detect and respond to changes in our internal or external environment

Sense internal change

React to external change

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Movement

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At any level; whole body, cells, organs, organelles

Includes exchange

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Exchange

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Movement of substances in or out of an organism or its parts

Includes:

Absorption
Excretion
Secretion

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Absorption

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Movement into something

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Excretion

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Movement from inside out (waste)

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Secretion

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Release of substances from a cell for transportation to another part of the organism (product)

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Growth

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Increase in number or size of cells leading to an increased size of organism

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Reproduction

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Forming a new cell or organism

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Differentiation

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Specialization from undifferentiated stem cells

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Levels of organization in the body (7)

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Chemical 
Organelles 
Cellular 
Tissue
Organ
System
Organism
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Chemical

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Molecules

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Organelles

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Molecules working together; structures within a cell

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Cellular

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Organelles coming together to make cells

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Tissue

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A collection of similar cells and material between them

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Organ

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Tissues working together

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System

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Organs working together

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Organism

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All systems combine to make an organism

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Unity

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Constants that run through every level of the organization

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Emergence

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Increasing levels of organization where new properties emerge

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Anatomical position

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Standing upright
Arms at side
Palms forward
Feet pointing forward

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Supine

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Recling, face up

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Prone

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Reclining, face down

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Superior

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Above, towards the head

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Inferior

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Below, toward the lower part

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Medial

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Closer to the midline

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Lateral

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Away from the midline

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Proximal

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Nearer to the attachment point of a limb to the trunk

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Distal

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Farther from the attachment point of a limb to the trunk

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Hip bone and parts (3)

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2 coxal or innominate bones fused together

Parts: ilium, ischium, pubis

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Bones

Identify/locate

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Iliac crest
Iliac spines (4)
Acetabulum 
Head & shaft of femur
Condyles of the femur
Patella
Tibial tuberosity 
Malleoli

Anatomy & Physiology I (22 decks)

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