Anatomy and Physiology Module 1-2 Flashcards
What is the name of the study of body functions?
Physiology
What is the body system that protects and supports the body organs?
Skeletal System
What is the body system that includes the heart, blood, and blood vessels?
Cardiovascular System
What is the body system that maintains the body’s fluid levels?
Lymphatic System
What is the process in metabolism that constructs molecules from smaller units?
Anabolism
What is the body’s ability to maintain stability while adjusting to survival changes?
Homeostasis
What is the inability of the body to restore a functional and stable environment?
Homeostatic Imbalance
What is the anatomical term for the position that goes inside towards to the center of the body?
Proximal
This is the body anatomical position term that refers to the “bottom”.
Inferior
Where is the auricular region in the head?
Ears
What is the anatomical term of the cheeks?
Buccal
This is the anatomical term for the chin.
Mentum
What is the anatomical term for the eyes?
Orbital
This refers to the superior posterior portion of the head.
Parietal
What is the muscle that helps in turning and bending the neck or head?
Sternocleidomastoid
What is the anatomical body part that refers to the forearm?
Antebrachial
What is the anatomical term that separates the antebrachial and brachial?
Cubital
This is the anatomical term for the armpit.
Axillary
What is the anatomical term of the wrist?
Carpal
What is the anatomical region that connects the deltoid and pector?
Deltopectoral Triangle
What is the anatomical term for the fingers?
Digits
This refers to the upper legs, thigh, or femur.
Femoral
This refers to the diamond shaped space at the back of the knee bone.
Poplitealfossa
What is the anatomical term for the ankle?
Talocrural
What is the membrane that acts as the identity molecules?
Carbohydrates
What is the ability of the cell membrane to determine which substances enters or exit the cell?
Selective Permeability
What is the ability of a solution to alter the shape of the cell?
Tonicity
This refers to the diffusion of solvent through a membrane.
Osmosis
What is the chemical signaling that includes the neurotransmitters, hormones, or paracrines?
Ligands
What is the cell material found in between the plasma membrane and the nucleus?
Cytoplasm
What is the system of interconnected tubes and parallel sacs?
Endoplasmic Reticulum
What is the organelle that packages proteins?
Golgi Apparatus
What is the control center that contains the instructions to build the body’s proteins?
Nucleus
What is the cell sheets that covers the body surface or lines a body cavity?
Epithelial Tissue
What is the structural support network that is responsible for the physical maintenance of the cell?
Extracellular Matrix
What is the disposal of worn out proteins and organelles?
Autophagy
What is the product of the gland that can be acqueous, lipid, or steroid-rich containing proteins?
Secretion
What is the product hormones that enters the blood to specifically target organs?
Endocrine
What is the adhesive sheet that consists of glycoproteins, which acts as a selective filter to figure out the molecules that are allowed to enter the epithelium?
Basal Lamina
What is the membrane-bound cell the produces energy through cellular respiration and is often referred as the powerhouse of the cell?
Mitochondria
