An Introduction Of Human Body Flashcards
What is anatomy?
The science of body structures and relationships among them.
What is histology?
The study of microscopic structures of tissues.
What is physiology?
The study of body functions.
Level of body structural organization:
(consider the relationships and match accordingly)
Atom Alphabets
Molecule Letters
Cell Paragraphs
Tissue Words
Organ Sentences
System Book
Organism Chapters
Atom: Alphabets Molecule: Letters Cell: Words Tissue: Sentences Organ: Paragraph System: Chapters Organism: Book
________ are the smallest units of matter that participate in chemical reactions, and two or more of them joined together form ________.
Atoms, molecules
What are atoms?
The smallest units of matter that participate in chemical reactions.
What are molecules?
Molecules are formed when two or more atoms join together.
What is metabolism?
Metabolism is the sum of all chemical processes that occur in the body.
What is differentiation?
Differentiation is the development of a cell from an unspecialized to a specialized state.
Metabolism/Differentiation is the sum of all chemical processes that occur in the body.
Metabolism
Metabolism/Differentiation is the development of a cell from an unspecialized to a specialized state.
Differentiation
What is homeostasis?
Dynamic equilibrium in the body’s internal environment produced by interplay of all the body’s regulatory processes.
A negative feedback system reverses/strengthens a change in a controlled condition. In this system, when blood pressure decreases, the body will respond by causing changes to raise/decrease blood pressure.
Reverses, raises.
A positive feedback system reverses/strengthens a change I a controlled condition.
Strengthens
In the anatomical position, the subject stands facing ________; the lower limbs are parallel, the feet are directed ________; the upper limbs are at the sides with palms turned ________.
Forward, forward, forward.
