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Anatomy Flashcards

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Study of the structure of human body. How it’s built.

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Anatomy

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Study of function of the human body. How it works.

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Physiology

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What are the 7 levels of organization?

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  1. ) Chemical
  2. ) Organelles
  3. ) Cellular
  4. ) Tissue
  5. ) Organ
  6. ) Organ System
  7. ) Organism
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What does the chemical level contain?

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Atoms, molecules and macromolecules

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What are atoms?

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Fundamental substances

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6
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Binding of atoms creates ________.

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Molecules

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7
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Binding of molecules creates: _________ (lipids, proteins, carbohydrates)

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Macromolecules

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8
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What are the functional units of a cell?

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Organelles

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9
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What is the basic structural and functional unit of the body?

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Cellular (cells)

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10
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What are groups of cells that perform a specific function called?

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Tissues

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What are 2 or more kinds of tissue that perform a specific function?

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Organ

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12
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What are 2 or more organs that perform a specific function?

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Organ System

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13
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What are the 4 kinds of tissue?

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  1. ) Epithelial
  2. ) Connective
  3. ) Muscle
  4. ) Nervous
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14
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What is epithelium for?

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Protection

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15
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What is connective tissue for?

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Creates shape and fills space. (Most abundant)

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16
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What is muscle for?

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Creates contractions

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17
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What is nervous tissue for?

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Conducts an impulse

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18
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What makes up the integumentary organ system?

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Skin, hair, nails and glands

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What does the integumentary system do?

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Protection (sensory info)

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20
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What does the skeletal organ system do?

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Movement, passageways for muscles, nerves, blood and lymph vessels. Storage of minerals. Red blood cell creation.

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21
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What makes up the skeletal organ system?

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Bones💀, joints, ligaments, and cartilage

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22
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What does the muscular organ system do?

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Movement (creates heat)

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23
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What is the muscle organ system made of?

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Muscles and tendons

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24
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What does the nervous organ system do?

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Communication and control (moves quickly - short lived)

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25
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What makes up the nervous organ system?

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Brain, spinal cord, nerves

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26
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What’s the function of the endocrine organ system?

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Communication and control

acts slowly - long lasting

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27
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What makes up the endocrine organ system?

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Hormones and glands

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28
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What’s the function of the cardiovascular organ system?

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Transportation

Moves blood, waste, gases and nutrients.

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29
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What is the cardiovascular organ system made up of?

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Heart and blood vessels

30
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what’s the function of the lymphatic organ system?

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transportation

moves fluid, helps with immunity

31
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what is the lymphatic organ system made up of?

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lymph vessels, lymph nodes, lymph tissue

32
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what’s the function of the digestive organ system?

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pH balance

breaks down and absorbs nutrients

33
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what is the digestive organ system made up of?

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alimentary canal, accessory organs

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what’s the function of the respiratory organ system?

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pH balance

exchange of respiratory gases

35
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what is the respiratory organ system made up of?

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lungs, nose bronchial tree

36
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what is the function of the urinary organ system?

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pH balance

filter blood; form urine

37
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what is the urinary organ system made up of?

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kidneys, bladder, ureters, urethra

38
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what is the function of the reproductive organ system?

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survival of species

39
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what is the reproductive organ system made up of?

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internal/external genitals

40
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what is metabolism?

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sum total of all chemical reactions

41
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what is catabolism?

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breaks things down

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what is anabolism?

43
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massage outcomes

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relaxation, stress management, pain management, functional mobility

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homeostatic mechanisms

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receptor, set point, effector

45
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receptor

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receives stimuli; sensory; afferent nerves

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set point

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master control

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effector

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muscles and glands; motor; efferent nerves

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negative feedback

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reverses original stimuli

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positive feedback

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enhances original stimuli until it’s removed

50
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biological rhythms

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internal periodic timing of an organism

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circadian rhythms

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24 hour coordination

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ultradian rhythms

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90 min to a few hours

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entrainment

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synchronization of body with an internal or external rhythm

54
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cranial cavity

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dorsal

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appendicular

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axial

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head, trunk, vertibrae

58
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vertebral canal

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spinal cord

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ventral

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thoracic cavity

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lungs and heart

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abdominal cavity

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stomach and intestine

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pelvic cavity

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large intestine, reproductive organs

63
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upper extremity

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arm
pectorale girdle
scapula
clavicle
humerus
ulna
radius
carpals
metacarpals
phalanges
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lower extremity

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leg
pelvic girdle (hipbone/coxal)
sacrum
coccyx
femur
patella
tibia
fibula
tarsals
metatarsals
phalanges
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posterior region

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dorsal
cranial cavity
vertebral cavity
cervical
thoracic
lumbar
sacral
coccyx
66
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anterior region

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ventral
thoracic
abdominal
pelvic
abdominopelvic
viscera
membranes
67
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abdominal quadrants

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right upper
left upper
right lower
left lower

68
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9 abdominal regions

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right hypochondriac
epigastric
left hypochondriac
right lumbar
umbilical
left lumbar
right iliac
hypogastric
left iliac
69
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midsagittal plane

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divides body into equal right and left portions

70
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sagittal plane

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divides body into right and left portions

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frontal plane

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divides body between front and back

72
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transverse plane

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horizontal - divides body into top and bottom

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