Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Physiology

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The science of body functions

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Anatomy

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The science of structure and its relationships

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Order of chemical structures

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Chemical- cellular- tissue- organ- system- organism

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Integumentary system

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Skin and its structures that help to regulate body temp and protect the body

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Nervous system

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Sense organs that help regulate body activities through nerve impulses

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Skeletal system

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All bones and joints that support and protect the body

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Endocrine system

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All glands and tissues that regulate body activities through hormones

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Muscular system

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Skeletal muscle tissue the allows you to move maintaining posture and produces heat.

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Cardiovascular system

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Blood heart and blood vessels carries oxygen and nutrients to cells

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Lymphatic system and immunity

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Returns tissue fluid to blood and produces immunity structures and agents

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Digestive system

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Organs of gastrointestinal tract that achieve physical and chemical breakdown of nutrients and eliminate solid waste

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Respiratory system

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Lungs and air passageways that transfers oxygen from air to blood

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Urinary system

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Kidneys, bladder and such produces, stores, and eliminates urine regulates the chemical composition of blood

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Reproductive system

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Gonads that produce gametes that unite to form a new organism and release hormones to regulate reproduction and other body processes

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Growth

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Increase in body size (cell body size)

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Differentiation

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The process of changing Unspecialized cells into specialized cells.

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Receptor

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Body structure that monitors changes in a controlled condition and sends input (information) to a control center.

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Control center

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Receives input and generates output

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Effector

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Receives output and produces a response

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Negative feedback

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Reverses a change in a controlled condition (childbirth)

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Positive feedback

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Strengthens a change in a controlled condition (blood clotting)

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Symptoms

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Subjective changes in the body ( you can’t see them)

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Signs

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Objective changes (you can see them)

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Anatomical position

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Head stands erect, facing the observer, level head, eyes forward, feet are flat on the floor directed forward, arms at side, palms forward.

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Head- skull-face
Cephalic-cranial-facial
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Eye-ear-nose-mouth
Orbital-otic-nasal-oral
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Neck
Cervical
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Breast bone-chest-armpit-arm
Sternal-thoracic-auxiliary-brachial
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Breast-navel-hip-abdomen-groin
Mammary-umbilical-coxal-trunk-inguinial
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Forearm-wrist-palm-fingers-hand
Ante brachial-carpal-palmar-digital/phalangeal-manual
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Pelvis-pubis-thigh-leg-ankle-foot-toes
Pelvis-pubic-femoral-crural-tarsal-pedal-digital/phalangeal
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Shoulder-shoulder blade- spinal colum
Acromial-scapular-vertebral
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Back
Dorsal
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Loin
Lumbar
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Between hips-buttock-hollow behind knee- calf-sole-heel
Sacral-gluteal-popliteal-sural-plantar-calcaneal
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Superior
Toward the head or upper part of a structure
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Inferior
Away from the head or lower part of the structure
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Anterior
Near or at the front of the body
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Posterior
Nearer to or at the back of the body
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Medial
Nearer to the midline
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Lateral
Farther from the midline
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Proximal
Near the attachment of a limb to the trunk/the point of origi
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Distal
Farther from the attachment of a limb | Or the origin
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Superficial
Toward the bodies surface
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Deep
Away from the bodies surface
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Sagittal plane
A vertical plane separating the organs to right and left sides
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Midsagittal plane
Passes through the midline of the body into equal positions
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Parasagittal plane
Frontal plane
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Transverse plane
Divides the body into upper and lower portions
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Oblique plane
Passes through the body or and organ at an angle
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Cranial cavity
Formed by cranial bones contains the brain
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Vertebral cavity
Formed by the vertebral column contains the spinal cord and the beginning of spinal nerves
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Thoracic cavity
Chest cavity; contains pleural and pericardial cavities and mediastinum
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Pleural cavity
Each surrounds a lung the serous membrane of the pleural cavities is the pleura
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Pericardial cavity
Surrounds the heart
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Mediastinum
Central portions of the thoracic cavity between the lungs contains heart thymus esophagus trachea and several large blood vessels
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Abdominopelvic cavity
Subdivided into abdominal and pelvic cavities
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Abdominal cavity
Contains stomach, spleen, liver,gallbladder, small intestine and most of the large intestine
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Pelvic cavity
Contains bladder large intestine and reproductive organs
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Metabolism
The sum of all chemical processes that occur in the body
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Epidemiology
The science that deals with why, when, and where diseases occur and how they are transmitted within a defined human population
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Responsiveness
The ability to detect and react to changes in the external or internal environment.