Body Organization and Homeostasis Flashcards
What is the study of structure?
Anatomy
What is the study of the function?
Physiology.
What are the levels of structural organization?
Chemical, Cellular, Tissue, Organ, Organ Systems, and Organismal.
What is the maintenance of stable internal conditions despite internal and external changes?
Homeostasis.
What are the components of homeostasis?
Receptor (sensor), responds to stimuli
Control center
Effector
Homeostatic imbalance is the…
Disturbance of homeostasis.
What system forms the external body covering, and protects deeper tissues from injury?
The Integumentary System
What system protects and supports body organs, and provides a framework the muscles use to cause movement?
The Skeletal System.
What system allows manipulation of the environment, locomotion, and facial expression? What maintains posture, and produces heat?
The Muscular System.
What system acts as the fast-acting control system of the body, it responds to internal and external changes by activating appropriate muscles and glands?
The Nervous System.
What system that glands secrete hormones that regulate processes such as growth, reproduction, and nutrient use (metabolism) by body?
The Endocrine System.
What system has blood vessels transport blood, which carries oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, wastes, etc?
The Cardiovascular System.
What system picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it to blood?
The Lymphatic System/Immunity.
What system eliminates nitrogenous wastes from the body. Regulates water, electrolyte, and acid-base balance of the blood?
The Urinary System.
What system keeps blood constantly supplied with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide?
The Respiratory System.
