Ch. 1 Flashcards
inspection
looking at body (ex: skin and nails)
palpation
feeling a structure with the hands (ex: taking pulse)
auscultation
listening to natural sounds made by the body (ex: heart or lungs)
percussion
taps on body, feels for abnormal resistance, listens to sounds (ex: pockets of fluid, air, scar tissue)
dissection
careful cutting and separation of tissues
organism
single, complete individual
organ systems
group of organs that carry out basic function
organs
made of at least two different tissue types, discrete function
tissues
mass of similar cells, performs specific function
cells
smallest living units
organelles
structures in cell
molecules
2+ atoms joined by chemical bonds
(organ systems - 3)
protection, support, and movement
integumentary, skeletal, muscular
(organ systems - 2)
fluid transport
circulatory, lymphatic
(organ systems - 2)
reproduction
male reproductive, female reproductive
(organ systems - 2)
internal communication and integration
nervous, endocrine
(organ systems - 3)
intake and output
respiratory, digestive, urinary
anatomical position
standing upright, feet flat on floor and close together, arms at sides, palms face forward
supine
lying face up
prone
lying face down
sagittal plane
vertically, divides body/organ into left and right portions
frontal plane
vertically, divides body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions
transverse plane
perpendicular to long axis, divides body into superior (upper) and inferior (lower) portions
upper limb
arm, forearm, wrist