A&P vocab

Question 1

Cells

Answer 1

Smallest living structures in the body

Question 2

Organs

Answer 2

Two or more types of tissues combined to work together

Question 3

Body organ system

Answer 3

Two or more organs combined to provide a major body function

Question 4

Anatomy

Answer 4

Study of the form and structure of an organism such as the names and locations of the bones, muscles, and organs

Question 5

Physiology

Answer 5

The study of the functions. How and why something works

Question 6

Disease

Answer 6

Abnormal condition

Question 7

Pathophysiology

Answer 7

Study of why disease occurs and how the body changes in function to the disease

Question 8

Etiology

Answer 8

Study the causes of disease

Question 9

Syndromes

Answer 9

Not a precise disease but a group of related signs and symptoms

Question 10

Diagnosis

Answer 10

Name of disease or syndrome

Question 11

Treatment

Answer 11

Medication or procedures used to control or cure the disease

Question 12

Prognosis

Answer 12

Prediction of the possible outcome of the disease and potential for recovery

Question 13

Prevention

Answer 13

Behaviors that promote health ad prevent disease

Question 14

Signs

Answer 14

Objective evidence of an illness

Question 15

Symptoms

Answer 15

Subjective- cannot be directly observed

Question 16

Illness

Answer 16

One or more of the body’s control systems lose the ability to maintain homeostasis

Question 17

Homeostasis

Answer 17

Maintain a state of balance